Department of Microbiology and Immunology

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academic department research unit

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine that focuses on research and education in infectious diseases, host–pathogen interactions, and immune system function.

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Label	Occurrences
Department of Microbiology and Immunology canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5608376 — 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: Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Context triple: [College of Veterinary Medicine (Cornell University), hasDivision, Department of Microbiology and Immunology]

A. Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at McGill University dedicated to research and education in infectious diseases, host–pathogen interactions, and immune system function.
B. Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at the UNC School of Medicine focused on research and education in infectious diseases, host immune responses, and related biomedical sciences.
C. Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic and research unit specializing in the study of microorganisms and the immune system within the Geisel School of Medicine.
D. Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology
The Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology is an academic research and teaching unit at the University of Vienna focused on the biology of microorganisms and the immune system.
E. Department of Microbiology
The Department of Microbiology at Quaid-i-Azam University is an academic and research unit focused on the study of microorganisms, their roles in health, disease, and the environment, and their applications in biotechnology.
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: Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Target entity description: The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine that focuses on research and education in infectious diseases, host–pathogen interactions, and immune system function.

A. Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at McGill University dedicated to research and education in infectious diseases, host–pathogen interactions, and immune system function.
B. Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at the UNC School of Medicine focused on research and education in infectious diseases, host immune responses, and related biomedical sciences.
C. Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic and research unit specializing in the study of microorganisms and the immune system within the Geisel School of Medicine.
D. Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology
The Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology is an academic research and teaching unit at the University of Vienna focused on the biology of microorganisms and the immune system.
E. Department of Microbiology
The Department of Microbiology at Quaid-i-Azam University is an academic and research unit focused on the study of microorganisms, their roles in health, disease, and the environment, and their applications in biotechnology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic department ⓘ research unit ⓘ
affiliation	College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University ⓘ linked to: College of Veterinary Medicine (Cornell University) Cornell University ⓘ
campus	Cornell University Ithaca campus ⓘ linked to: Cornell University
country	United States of America ⓘ
educationalMission	graduate education ⓘ postdoctoral training ⓘ professional veterinary education ⓘ research training in immunology ⓘ research training in microbiology ⓘ
fieldOfWork	bacteriology ⓘ comparative immunology ⓘ host immune response ⓘ host–pathogen interactions ⓘ immunology ⓘ infectious diseases ⓘ microbiology ⓘ parasitology ⓘ vaccine development ⓘ veterinary medicine ⓘ virology ⓘ zoonotic diseases ⓘ
focusesOn	animal health ⓘ public health aspects of infectious disease ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	biomedical sciences ⓘ life sciences ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Ithaca, New York ⓘ linked to: Ithaca, New York, United States
offersCoursework	immunology for veterinary students ⓘ microbiology for veterinary students ⓘ
offersProgram	graduate research opportunities in immunology ⓘ graduate research opportunities in microbiology ⓘ
partOf	College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University ⓘ linked to: College of Veterinary Medicine (Cornell University) Cornell University ⓘ
researchFocus	comparative host defense ⓘ host–pathogen molecular interactions ⓘ immune system function ⓘ mechanisms of infectious disease ⓘ mucosal immunology ⓘ pathogenesis of bacterial infections ⓘ pathogenesis of parasitic infections ⓘ pathogenesis of viral infections ⓘ veterinary infectious diseases ⓘ
sector	higher education ⓘ
website	https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/microbiology-and-immunology ⓘ

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College of Veterinary Medicine (Cornell University) → hasDivision → Department of Microbiology and Immunology ⓘ

subject linked to: College of Veterinary Medicine