Department of Microbiology and Immunology (University of British Columbia)
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The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit specializing in research and education on microorganisms, infectious diseases, and immune system function.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Microbiology and Immunology (University of British Columbia) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5959207 — 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 (University of British Columbia) Context triple: [Faculty of Science (University of British Columbia), hasDepartment, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (University of British Columbia)]
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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.
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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.
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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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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.
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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.
- 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 (University of British Columbia) Target entity description: The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit specializing in research and education on microorganisms, infectious diseases, and immune system function.
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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.
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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.
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C.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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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D.
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.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| affiliation | Faculty of Science (University of British Columbia) ⓘ |
| campus |
UBC Vancouver
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linked to:
UBC Vancouver campus
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| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employer |
faculty members in immunology
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faculty members in microbiology ⓘ laboratory technicians ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
antimicrobial resistance
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bacteriology ⓘ cell biology ⓘ host–pathogen interactions ⓘ immune system function ⓘ immunology ⓘ immunotherapy ⓘ infectious diseases ⓘ microbial ecology ⓘ microbiology ⓘ microbiome research ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ parasitology ⓘ systems immunology ⓘ vaccinology ⓘ virology ⓘ |
| hasEducationalActivity |
graduate teaching
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laboratory training ⓘ research supervision ⓘ undergraduate teaching ⓘ |
| hasResearchActivity |
basic research in immunology
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basic research in microbiology ⓘ clinical immunology collaborations ⓘ environmental microbiology research ⓘ host immune response research ⓘ microbial pathogenesis research ⓘ pathogen genomics research ⓘ translational infectious disease research ⓘ vaccine development research ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
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Vancouver ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate program in immunology
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graduate program in microbiology ⓘ research-based MSc program ⓘ research-based PhD program ⓘ undergraduate program in immunology ⓘ undergraduate program in microbiology ⓘ |
| partOf | University of British Columbia ⓘ |
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: Department of Microbiology and Immunology (University of British Columbia) Description of subject: The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia is an academic unit specializing in research and education on microorganisms, infectious diseases, and immune system function.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Faculty of Science (University of British Columbia)
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hasDepartment
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology (University of British Columbia)
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subject linked to:
Faculty of Science