Gebhard Schertler
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Gebhard Schertler is a structural biologist and entrepreneur known for his work on G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) and for co-founding the drug discovery company Heptares Therapeutics.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gebhard Schertler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gebhard Schertler Context triple: [Heptares Therapeutics, foundedBy, Gebhard Schertler]
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Theodor Scherer
Theodor Scherer was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, known for commanding encircled forces on the Eastern Front, particularly in defensive battles against Soviet offensives.
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B.
Friedrich Scholz
Friedrich Scholz is a German composer and conductor known for his contributions to contemporary classical music.
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Gerhard Schöpfel
Gerhard Schöpfel was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II who became a high-scoring pilot and commander on the Western Front.
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D.
Wilhelm Schäfer
Wilhelm Schäfer is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to software engineering research.
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E.
Ernst Göhner
Ernst Göhner was a prominent Swiss entrepreneur and industrialist known for building a major construction and real estate empire and for his significant philanthropic legacy.
- 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: Gebhard Schertler Target entity description: Gebhard Schertler is a structural biologist and entrepreneur known for his work on G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) and for co-founding the drug discovery company Heptares Therapeutics.
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A.
Theodor Scherer
Theodor Scherer was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II, known for commanding encircled forces on the Eastern Front, particularly in defensive battles against Soviet offensives.
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B.
Friedrich Scholz
Friedrich Scholz is a German composer and conductor known for his contributions to contemporary classical music.
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C.
Gerhard Schöpfel
Gerhard Schöpfel was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II who became a high-scoring pilot and commander on the Western Front.
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D.
Wilhelm Schäfer
Wilhelm Schäfer is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential contributions to software engineering research.
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E.
Ernst Göhner
Ernst Göhner was a prominent Swiss entrepreneur and industrialist known for building a major construction and real estate empire and for his significant philanthropic legacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biotechnology company
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entrepreneur ⓘ person ⓘ structural biologist ⓘ |
| coFounded | Heptares Therapeutics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| educatedAt | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| employer |
ETH Zurich
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Paul Scherrer Institute ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
G protein–coupled receptor drug discovery
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G protein–coupled receptors ⓘ X-ray crystallography ⓘ drug discovery ⓘ electron microscopy of membrane proteins ⓘ membrane proteins ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
membrane protein engineering
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stabilized GPCRs ⓘ structure-based drug design ⓘ |
| hasRole |
co-founder of Heptares Therapeutics
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company director ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| industry | pharmaceuticals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Heptares Therapeutics
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research on G protein–coupled receptors ⓘ work on membrane protein structure determination ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of methods for GPCR stabilization
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structural studies of rhodopsin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of the Biology and Chemistry Division at the Paul Scherrer Institute
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Head of the Laboratory of Biomolecular Research at the Paul Scherrer Institute ⓘ Professor at ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Switzerland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Gebhard Schertler Description of subject: Gebhard Schertler is a structural biologist and entrepreneur known for his work on G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) and for co-founding the drug discovery company Heptares Therapeutics.
Referenced by (1)
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