Niels K. Jerne
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Niels K. Jerne was a Danish immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering theoretical work on the immune system, including the network theory of immune regulation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Niels K. Jerne canonical | 5 |
| Niels Kaj Jerne | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2805369 — 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: Niels K. Jerne Context triple: [University of Copenhagen, hasNotableAlumni, Niels K. Jerne]
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A.
César Milstein
César Milstein was an Argentine biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for co-developing the hybridoma technique for producing monoclonal antibodies, revolutionizing immunology and medical diagnostics.
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B.
Rolf Zinkernagel
Rolf Zinkernagel is a Swiss immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.
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C.
Renato Dulbecco
Renato Dulbecco was an Italian virologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the interaction between viruses and the genetic material of cells, which advanced the understanding of cancer.
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D.
Salvador Luria
Salvador Luria was an Italian-American microbiologist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in bacteriophage genetics helped establish the foundations of molecular biology.
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E.
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine physician and biochemist who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in carbohydrate metabolism.
- 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: Niels K. Jerne Target entity description: Niels K. Jerne was a Danish immunologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering theoretical work on the immune system, including the network theory of immune regulation.
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A.
César Milstein
César Milstein was an Argentine biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for co-developing the hybridoma technique for producing monoclonal antibodies, revolutionizing immunology and medical diagnostics.
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B.
Rolf Zinkernagel
Rolf Zinkernagel is a Swiss immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells.
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C.
Renato Dulbecco
Renato Dulbecco was an Italian virologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the interaction between viruses and the genetic material of cells, which advanced the understanding of cancer.
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D.
Salvador Luria
Salvador Luria was an Italian-American microbiologist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in bacteriophage genetics helped establish the foundations of molecular biology.
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E.
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Federico Leloir was an Argentine physician and biochemist who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in carbohydrate metabolism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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human ⓘ immunologist ⓘ theoretical biologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gairdner Foundation International Award
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize ⓘ |
| citizenship | Danish ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Denmark ⓘ |
| developedTheory |
idiotypic network theory
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immune network theory ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Copenhagen
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University of London ⓘ |
| employer |
Basel Institute for Immunology
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World Health Organization ⓘ |
| familyName | Jerne ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
immunology
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theoretical immunology ⓘ |
| givenName | Niels ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
antibody formation
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clonal selection ⓘ immune regulation ⓘ immunological memory ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of monoclonal antibody technology
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modern immunology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
idiotype network hypothesis
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immune network theory ⓘ network theory of immune regulation ⓘ theories of antibody formation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Danish
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| movement | theoretical immunology ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Georges J. F. Köhler ⓘ |
| occupation |
immunologist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Basel Institute for Immunology ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
César Milstein
ⓘ
Georges J. F. Köhler ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Basel
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linked to:
Basel-Stadt
Copenhagen ⓘ Geneva ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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