American Society for Cell Biology
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The American Society for Cell Biology is a professional scientific organization dedicated to advancing the study and understanding of cell biology through research, education, and advocacy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Society for Cell Biology canonical | 3 |
| ASCB | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14965 — 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: American Society for Cell Biology Context triple: [Harold Varmus, memberOf, American Society for Cell Biology]
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Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
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B.
National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
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C.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
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D.
National Research Council
The National Research Council is a U.S. organization that provides independent, expert advice on scientific, engineering, and medical issues to inform public policy and decision-making.
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E.
Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University is a prestigious private biomedical research university in New York City renowned for its pioneering contributions to life sciences and 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: American Society for Cell Biology Target entity description: The American Society for Cell Biology is a professional scientific organization dedicated to advancing the study and understanding of cell biology through research, education, and advocacy.
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A.
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
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B.
National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
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C.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit scientific research organization founded by Andrew Carnegie that supports advanced research across fields such as astronomy, biology, and earth sciences.
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D.
National Research Council
The National Research Council is a U.S. organization that provides independent, expert advice on scientific, engineering, and medical issues to inform public policy and decision-making.
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E.
Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University is a prestigious private biomedical research university in New York City renowned for its pioneering contributions to life sciences and medicine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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professional association ⓘ scientific society ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
ASCB
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linked to:
American Society for Cell Biology
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| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
biological sciences
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cell biology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
basic cell biology research
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cancer cell biology ⓘ cell cycle ⓘ cell differentiation ⓘ cell division ⓘ cell function ⓘ cell motility ⓘ cell signaling ⓘ cell structure ⓘ cytoskeleton ⓘ developmental cell biology ⓘ imaging in cell biology ⓘ membrane trafficking ⓘ organelle biology ⓘ quantitative cell biology ⓘ stem cell biology ⓘ translational cell biology ⓘ |
| founded | 1960 ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
career development programs
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public policy advocacy ⓘ science education initiatives ⓘ scientific conferences ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
diversity and inclusion initiatives
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education and outreach programs ⓘ mentoring programs ⓘ policy and advocacy training ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| organizes | annual meeting ⓘ |
| publishes |
CBE—Life Sciences Education
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Molecular Biology of the Cell ⓘ |
| purpose |
advancement of cell biology
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advocacy ⓘ education ⓘ research ⓘ |
| supports |
early-career scientists
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faculty ⓘ graduate students ⓘ postdoctoral researchers ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ascb.org/ ⓘ |
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: American Society for Cell Biology Description of subject: The American Society for Cell Biology is a professional scientific organization dedicated to advancing the study and understanding of cell biology through research, education, and advocacy.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: American Society for Cell Biology