Illumina
E108397
Illumina is a biotechnology company best known for developing and manufacturing advanced DNA sequencing and array-based technologies used in genomics research and clinical applications.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illumina canonical | 20 |
| Solexa | 3 |
| Illumina, Inc. | 2 |
| ILMN | 1 |
| Illumina Cambridge | 1 |
| Illumina sequencing platforms | 1 |
| Illumina sequencing-by-synthesis technology | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916697 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illumina Context triple: [Granta Park, hasTenant, Illumina]
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A.
Pacific Biosciences
Pacific Biosciences is a biotechnology company specializing in advanced DNA sequencing technologies, particularly long-read sequencing platforms used in genomics research.
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B.
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
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C.
Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
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D.
Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is a diversified global science and technology conglomerate known for its portfolio of life sciences, diagnostics, and industrial solutions businesses.
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E.
Genentech
Genentech is a pioneering American biotechnology company known for developing groundbreaking therapies and being one of the first firms to apply genetic engineering to medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illumina Target entity description: Illumina is a biotechnology company best known for developing and manufacturing advanced DNA sequencing and array-based technologies used in genomics research and clinical applications.
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A.
Pacific Biosciences
Pacific Biosciences is a biotechnology company specializing in advanced DNA sequencing technologies, particularly long-read sequencing platforms used in genomics research.
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B.
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
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C.
Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
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D.
Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is a diversified global science and technology conglomerate known for its portfolio of life sciences, diagnostics, and industrial solutions businesses.
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E.
Genentech
Genentech is a pioneering American biotechnology company known for developing groundbreaking therapies and being one of the first firms to apply genetic engineering to medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biotechnology company
ⓘ
genomics company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| acquired |
BlueGnome
ⓘ
Edico Genome ⓘ Solexa ⓘ
linked to:
Illumina
Verinata Health ⓘ |
| applicationArea |
agricultural genomics
ⓘ
clinical diagnostics ⓘ genomics research ⓘ oncology testing ⓘ population genomics ⓘ reproductive health testing ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
exome sequencing
ⓘ
personalized genomics ⓘ precision medicine ⓘ whole-genome sequencing ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Anthony Czarnik
ⓘ
David Walt ⓘ John Stuelpnagel ⓘ Larry Bock ⓘ Mark Chee ⓘ |
| foundedInLocation | San Diego, California, United States ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | Grail ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | San Diego, California, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
biotechnology
ⓘ
genomics ⓘ medical diagnostics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
genome-wide association study platforms
ⓘ
high-throughput DNA sequencing ⓘ short-read sequencing technology ⓘ |
| product |
bioinformatics software
ⓘ
genotyping arrays ⓘ library preparation kits ⓘ microarrays ⓘ sequencing instruments ⓘ sequencing reagents ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
DNA sequencing
ⓘ
array-based genotyping ⓘ clinical sequencing ⓘ genomic analysis ⓘ next-generation sequencing ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| technologyType | sequencing-by-synthesis ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
ILMN
ⓘ
linked to:
Illumina
|
| website | https://www.illumina.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Illumina Description of subject: Illumina is a biotechnology company best known for developing and manufacturing advanced DNA sequencing and array-based technologies used in genomics research and clinical applications.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Illumina
linked to: Illumina
linked to: Illumina
subject linked to:
PACB
linked to: Illumina
linked to: Illumina
linked to: Illumina
linked to: Illumina
linked to: Illumina