Robert Weinberg
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Robert Weinberg is a prominent American cancer biologist best known for his pioneering work on oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, which helped establish the molecular basis of cancer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert A. Weinberg | 3 |
| Robert Weinberg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4428370 — 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: Robert Weinberg Context triple: [James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, hasNotableRecipient, Robert Weinberg]
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Steven G. Ehrlich
Steven G. Ehrlich is an American jurist who served as a justice on the Florida Supreme Court.
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B.
Richard Lifton
Richard Lifton is an American geneticist and physician-scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic basis of hypertension and other cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
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Sidney Ehrlich
Sidney Ehrlich is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Ehrlich surname.
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D.
Donald Rosenfeld
Donald Rosenfeld is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including collaborations with prominent directors and projects like "Effie Gray."
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E.
Paul A. Marks
Paul A. Marks was an influential American physician-scientist and cancer researcher who served as president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and helped shape modern cancer genetics and therapy.
- 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: Robert Weinberg Target entity description: Robert Weinberg is a prominent American cancer biologist best known for his pioneering work on oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, which helped establish the molecular basis of cancer.
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A.
Steven G. Ehrlich
Steven G. Ehrlich is an American jurist who served as a justice on the Florida Supreme Court.
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B.
Richard Lifton
Richard Lifton is an American geneticist and physician-scientist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic basis of hypertension and other cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
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C.
Sidney Ehrlich
Sidney Ehrlich is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Ehrlich surname.
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D.
Donald Rosenfeld
Donald Rosenfeld is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including collaborations with prominent directors and projects like "Effie Gray."
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E.
Paul A. Marks
Paul A. Marks was an influential American physician-scientist and cancer researcher who served as president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and helped shape modern cancer genetics and therapy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ cancer biologist ⓘ human ⓘ molecular biologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
biology
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cancer research ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Canada Gairdner International Award
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linked to:
Gairdner Foundation International Award
Keio Medical Science Prize ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Wolf Prize in Medicine ⓘ
linked to:
Wolf Prize
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| familyName | Weinberg ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cancer biology
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molecular biology ⓘ oncogenes ⓘ oncology ⓘ tumor suppressor genes ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasContribution |
elucidation of hallmarks of cancer at the molecular level
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identification of genes that drive cancer development ⓘ |
| influenced | modern cancer biology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-discovery of the first human oncogene RAS
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discovery of the first tumor suppressor gene RB1 ⓘ helping establish the molecular basis of cancer ⓘ pioneering work on oncogenes ⓘ pioneering work on tumor suppressor genes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ⓘ |
| name | Robert Weinberg ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableStudent | many leading cancer researchers ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Biology of Cancer ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor
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researcher ⓘ scientist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
cell cycle regulation in tumorigenesis
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genetic alterations in cancer ⓘ molecular mechanisms of cancer ⓘ |
| workplace | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Robert Weinberg Description of subject: Robert Weinberg is a prominent American cancer biologist best known for his pioneering work on oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, which helped establish the molecular basis of cancer.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Robert Weinberg
linked to: Robert Weinberg
linked to: Robert Weinberg