Rosbash
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Rosbash is the surname of Michael Rosbash, an American geneticist and chronobiologist known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on the molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rosbash canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12780769 — 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: Rosbash Context triple: [Michael Rosbash, familyName, Rosbash]
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Bortus
Bortus is a stoic, duty-bound Moclan officer serving as second-in-command aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy series "The Orville."
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B.
Redfield
Redfield is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
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Bakster
Bakster is an alternative spelling or variant form of the name Baxter, typically used as a surname or given name.
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Rashbaum
Rashbaum is the birth surname of American musician and Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan.
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E.
Ehrlich
Ehrlich is a German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, medicine, and the arts.
- 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: Rosbash Target entity description: Rosbash is the surname of Michael Rosbash, an American geneticist and chronobiologist known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on the molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.
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A.
Bortus
Bortus is a stoic, duty-bound Moclan officer serving as second-in-command aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy series "The Orville."
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B.
Redfield
Redfield is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, science, and the arts.
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C.
Bakster
Bakster is an alternative spelling or variant form of the name Baxter, typically used as a surname or given name.
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D.
Rashbaum
Rashbaum is the birth surname of American musician and Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan.
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E.
Ehrlich
Ehrlich is a German-origin surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as science, medicine, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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chronobiologist ⓘ geneticist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Canada Gairdner International Award
NERFINISHED
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Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Massry Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| coRecipientOf | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-03-07 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Sheldon Penman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | RNA processing ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Brandeis University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Rosbash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chronobiology
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genetics ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | John P. Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEmployerRole | professor at Brandeis University ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator ⓘ |
| hasResearchSubject |
Drosophila melanogaster
NERFINISHED
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circadian rhythm ⓘ clock genes ⓘ period gene ⓘ |
| knownFor | discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Paul Hardin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | research on molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms ⓘ |
| occupation |
chronobiologist
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geneticist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchContribution |
cloning and characterization of the Drosophila period gene
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elucidation of transcription-translation feedback loops in circadian clocks ⓘ |
| residence | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
Jeffrey C. Hall
NERFINISHED
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Michael W. Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Waltham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Rosbash Description of subject: Rosbash is the surname of Michael Rosbash, an American geneticist and chronobiologist known for his Nobel Prize–winning work on the molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.