Susumu Tonegawa
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Susumu Tonegawa is a Japanese molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity in the immune system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Susumu Tonegawa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10250385 — 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: Susumu Tonegawa Context triple: [Japan Academy Prize, hasRecipient, Susumu Tonegawa]
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A.
Mario Capecchi
Mario Capecchi is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing gene targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that revolutionized the study of gene function in mammals.
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B.
Harold Varmus
Harold Varmus is a Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former director of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.
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C.
Werner Arber
Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist who won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on restriction enzymes and molecular genetics.
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D.
Tonegawa
Tonegawa is the Japanese name for the Tone River, one of Japan’s largest and most historically significant rivers in the Kantō region.
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E.
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.
- 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: Susumu Tonegawa Target entity description: Susumu Tonegawa is a Japanese molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity in the immune system.
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A.
Mario Capecchi
Mario Capecchi is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing gene targeting in mouse embryonic stem cells, a breakthrough that revolutionized the study of gene function in mammals.
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B.
Harold Varmus
Harold Varmus is a Nobel Prize–winning American cancer researcher and former director of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.
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C.
Werner Arber
Werner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist who won the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on restriction enzymes and molecular genetics.
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D.
Tonegawa
Tonegawa is the Japanese name for the Tone River, one of Japan’s largest and most historically significant rivers in the Kantō region.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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human ⓘ immunologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in molecular biology ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
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Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-09-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kyoto University
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University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| employer |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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RIKEN Brain Science Institute ⓘ
linked to:
RIKEN
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| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Tonegawa ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
immunology
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molecular biology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ |
| givenName | Susumu ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| knownFor |
V(D)J recombination in immunoglobulin genes
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discovery of the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Japan Academy ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Susumu Tonegawa ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.category | Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.motivation | for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.year | 1987 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
demonstration of somatic recombination in immunoglobulin genes
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optogenetic manipulation of memory engrams in mice ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Aichi Prefecture
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Japan ⓘ Nagoya ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute
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Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
hippocampus
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learning ⓘ memory ⓘ synaptic plasticity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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: Susumu Tonegawa Description of subject: Susumu Tonegawa is a Japanese molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity in the immune system.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.