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Morten Otto Alexander Sommer

Morten Otto Alexander Sommer

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
15380
World Ranking
10694
National Ranking
112

Morten Otto Alexander Sommer publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Morten Otto Alexander Sommer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 188 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Morten Otto Alexander Sommer D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Morten Otto Alexander Sommer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Morten Otto Alexander Sommer is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad fields, their work delves into specific subfields such as Molecular Biology, Food Science, Infectious Diseases, Physiology, and Genetics.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Their frequent co-authors are Ruben Vazquez-Uribe, Anne Weiss, Gianni Panagiotou, Karl Alex Hedin, and Mostafa M. H. Ellabaan.

Publications by Morten Otto Alexander Sommer have appeared often in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Metabolic Engineering, and ACS Synthetic Biology.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sommer include:

  • Forecasting the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genomes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Engineered phage with antibacterial CRISPR-Cas selectively reduce E. coli burden in mice, 2023, Nature Biotechnology
  • Predictable modulation of cancer treatment outcomes by the gut microbiota, 2020, Microbiome
  • Spatial and temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, EBioMedicine
  • Antibiotics create a shift from mutualism to competition in human gut communities with a longer-lasting impact on fungi than bacteria, 2020, Microbiome

Best Publications

  • The shared antibiotic resistome of soil bacteria and human pathogens

    Kevin J. Forsberg;Alejandro Reyes;Bin Wang;Elizabeth M. Selleck

  • Functional Characterization of the Antibiotic Resistance Reservoir in the Human Microflora

    Morten O. A. Sommer;Gautam Dantas;George M. Church

  • Bacteria Subsisting on Antibiotics

    Gautam Dantas;Morten O. A. Sommer;Rantimi D. Oluwasegun;George M. Church

  • NetSurfP-2.0: Improved prediction of protein structural features by integrated deep learning

    Michael Schantz Klausen;Martin Closter Jespersen;Henrik Nielsen;Kamilla Kjærgaard Jensen

  • Use of Collateral Sensitivity Networks to Design Drug Cycling Protocols That Avoid Resistance Development

    Lejla Imamovic;Morten O. A. Sommer

  • Evolutionary dynamics of bacteria in a human host environment

    Lei Yang;Lars Jelsbak;Rasmus Lykke Marvig;Søren Damkiær

  • Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes from antibiotic producers to pathogens.

    Xinglin Jiang;Mostafa M Hashim Ellabaan;Pep Charusanti;Christian Munck

  • Prediction of antibiotic resistance: time for a new preclinical paradigm?

    Morten Otto Alexander Sommer;Christian Munck;Rasmus Vendler Toft-Kehler;Dan I. Andersson

  • Improving biotech education through gamified laboratory simulations.

    Mads Bonde;Guido Makransky;Jakob Wandall;Mette Voldby Larsen

  • Systematic investigation of protein phase behavior with a microfluidic formulator

    Carl L. Hansen;Morten Otto Alexander Sommer;Stephen R. Quake

  • CRMAGE: CRISPR Optimized MAGE Recombineering

    Carlotta Ronda;Lasse Ebdrup Pedersen;Morten Otto Alexander Sommer;Alex Toftgaard Nielsen

  • Survival and Evolution of a Large Multidrug Resistance Plasmid in New Clinical Bacterial Hosts

    Andreas Porse;Kristian Schønning;Christian Munck;Morten Otto Alexander Sommer

  • Antibiotics and the resistant microbiome

    Morten O A Sommer;Gautam Dantas

  • Assays and other reactions involving droplets

    Jeremy Agresti;Liang-Yin Chu;David A. Weitz;Jin-woong Kim

  • Limited dissemination of the wastewater treatment plant core resistome

    Christian Munck;Mads Albertsen;Amar Telke;Mostafa M Hashim Ellabaan

  • The human microbiome harbors a diverse reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes.

    Morten Otto Alexander Sommer;George M. Church;Gautam Dantas

  • Forecasting the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genomes.

    Mostafa M. H. Ellabaan;Christian Munck;Andreas Porse;Lejla Imamovic

  • Oral supplementation of healthy adults with 2'-O-fucosyllactose and lacto-N-neotetraose is well tolerated and shifts the intestinal microbiota.

    Emma Elison;Louise K. Vigsnæs;Laura Rindom Krogsgaard;Julie Rasmussen

  • Evolution of Escherichia coli to 42°C and Subsequent Genetic Engineering Reveals Adaptive Mechanisms and Novel Mutations

    Troy E. Sandberg;Margit Pedersen;Ryan A. LaCroix;Ali Ebrahim

  • Prediction of resistance development against drug combinations by collateral responses to component drugs

    Christian Munck;Heidi K. Gumpert;Annika I. Nilsson Wallin;Harris H. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Gautam Dantas
Gautam Dantas Washington University in St. Louis
George M. Church
George M. Church Harvard University
Adam M. Feist
Adam M. Feist University of California, San Diego
Stephen R. Quake
Stephen R. Quake Stanford University
Søren Molin
Søren Molin Technical University of Denmark
Niels Høiby
Niels Høiby University of Copenhagen
John Elmerdahl Olsen
John Elmerdahl Olsen University of Copenhagen
Oana Ciofu
Oana Ciofu University of Copenhagen
Dan I. Andersson
Dan I. Andersson Uppsala University
Luca Guardabassi
Luca Guardabassi University of Copenhagen

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