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Sun Nyunt Wai

Sun Nyunt Wai

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
11228
World Ranking
12090
National Ranking
179

Sun Nyunt Wai 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 Sun Nyunt Wai sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 161 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sun Nyunt Wai 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 Sun Nyunt Wai sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sun Nyunt Wai is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their work spans key subfields including Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Epidemiology, Molecular Medicine, and Genetics. The main research topics addressed include Vibrio bacteria research studies, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacterial infections and vaccines, Escherichia coli research studies, gut microbiota and health, and autophagy in disease and therapy.

Their recent publications include:

  • The gut microbiota prime systemic antiviral immunity via the cGAS-STING-IFN-I axis, 2022, Immunity
  • Parvimonas micra as a putative non-invasive faecal biomarker for colorectal cancer, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Csu pili dependent biofilm formation and virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii, 2023, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
  • Transcriptome Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Associated Extracellular Vesicles Reveals Presence of Small RNA-Cargo, 2021, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance features of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Pakistan, 2020, Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Frequent co-authors of Sun Nyunt Wai are:

  • Aftab Nadeem
  • Bernt Eric Uhlin
  • Eric Toh
  • Nikola Zlatkov
  • Kyaw Min Aung

Sun Nyunt Wai's work has appeared repeatedly in certain publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 4 publications
  • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2 publications
  • Cell Death and Disease, 2 publications
  • Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 2 publications
  • Cell Death Discovery, 2 publications

The scientist's research covers multiple aspects of microbiology and molecular biology with a focus on bacterial interactions, resistance mechanisms, and host immune responses. Their extensive publication record reflects significant engagement with topics related to bacterial biofilms, antibiotic resistance, and the gut microbiota's influence on health and disease.

Best Publications

  • Diverse type VI secretion phospholipases are functionally plastic antibacterial effectors

    Alistair B. Russell;Michele LeRoux;Krisztina Hathazi;Danielle M. Agnello

  • EVpedia: a community web portal for extracellular vesicles research

    Dae-Kyum Kim;Jaewook Lee;Sae Rom Kim;Dong Sic Choi

  • Vibrio cholerae O1 strain TSI-4 produces the exopolysaccharide materials that determine colony morphology, stress resistance, and biofilm formation

    Sun Nyunt Wai;Yoshimitsu Mizunoe;Akemi Takade;Shun Ichiro Kawabata

  • Horseshoe crab acetyl group-recognizing lectins involved in innate immunity are structurally related to fibrinogen.

    Soutaro Gokudan;Tatsushi Muta;Ryoko Tsuda;Kumiko Koori

  • A new Vibrio cholerae sRNA modulates colonization and affects release of outer membrane vesicles.

    Tianyan Song;Franziska Mika;Barbro Lindmark;Zhi Liu

  • Restoration of culturability of starvation-stressed and low-temperature-stressed Escherichia coli O157 cells by using H2O2-degrading compounds.

    Y. Mizunoe;S. N. Wai;Akemi Takade;Shin-ichi Yoshida

  • Biochemical and functional characterization of Helicobacter pylori vesicles

    Annelie Olofsson;Anna Vallström;Katja Petzold;Nicole Tegtmeyer

  • Proteomic Characterization of the Whole Secretome of Legionella pneumophila and Functional Analysis of Outer Membrane Vesicles

    Frank Galka;Sun Nyunt Wai;Harald Kusch;Susanne Engelmann

  • Proximal small intestinal microbiota and identification of rod-shaped bacteria associated with childhood celiac disease.

    Gangwei Ou;Maria Hedberg;Per Hörstedt;Vladimir Baranov

  • A Vibrio cholerae protease needed for killing of Caenorhabditis elegans has a role in protection from natural predator grazing.

    Karolis Vaitkevicius;Barbro Lindmark;Gangwei Ou;Tianyan Song

  • Outer membrane vesicle-mediated release of cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) from Campylobacter jejuni

    Barbro Lindmark;Pramod Kumar Rompikuntal;Karolis Vaitkevicius;Tianyan Song

  • Release of the type I secreted α‐haemolysin via outer membrane vesicles from Escherichia coli

    Carlos Balsalobre;Jose Manuel Silván;Stina Berglund;Yoshimitsu Mizunoe

  • Resuscitation of viable but nonculturable cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus induced at low temperature under starvation

    Yoshimitsu Mizunoe;Sun Nyunt Wai;Takahiko Ishikawa;Akemi Takade

  • The iron-binding protein Dps confers hydrogen peroxide stress resistance to Campylobacter jejuni.

    Takahiko Ishikawa;Yoshimitsu Mizunoe;Shun ichiro Kawabata;Akemi Takade

  • Type VI secretion modulates quorum sensing and stress response in Vibrio anguillarum.

    Barbara Weber;Medisa Hasic;Chang Chen;Sun Nyunt Wai

  • Staphylococcus aureus α-Toxin-Dependent Induction of Host Cell Death by Membrane-Derived Vesicles

    Bernard Thay;Sun Nyunt Wai;Jan Oscarsson

  • Membrane vesicle-mediated release of bacterial RNA.

    Annika E. Sjöström;Linda Sandblad;Bernt Eric Uhlin;Sun Nyunt Wai

  • Enhanced biofilm formation by Escherichia coli LPS mutants defective in Hep biosynthesis.

    Ryoma Nakao;Ryoma Nakao;Madeleine Ramstedt;Sun Nyunt Wai;Bernt Eric Uhlin

  • Spontaneous switch to PIA-independent biofilm formation in an ica-positive Staphylococcus epidermidis isolate

    Susanne Hennig;Sun Nyunt Wai;Wilma Ziebuhr

  • EVpedia: A community web portal for extracellular vesicles research

    D.-K. Kim;J. Lee;S. R. Kim;D.-S. Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernt Eric Uhlin
Bernt Eric Uhlin Umeå University
Olle Hernell
Olle Hernell Umeå University
Sten Hammarström
Sten Hammarström Umeå University
Edward R. B. Moore
Edward R. B. Moore University of Gothenburg
Per Larsson
Per Larsson Lund University
Ulrich Dobrindt
Ulrich Dobrindt University of Münster
Jun Zhu
Jun Zhu University of Pennsylvania
Marcio L. Rodrigues
Marcio L. Rodrigues Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Frédérique Le Roux
Frédérique Le Roux French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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