Illumina

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biotechnology company genomics company public company

Illumina is a biotechnology company best known for developing and manufacturing advanced DNA sequencing and array-based technologies used in genomics research and clinical applications.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Illumina canonical	3
ILMN	1
Illumina Cambridge	1
Illumina sequencing platforms	1
Illumina, Inc.	1
Solexa	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916697 — 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: Illumina
Context triple: [Granta Park, hasTenant, Illumina]

A. Pacific Biosciences
Pacific Biosciences is a biotechnology company specializing in advanced DNA sequencing technologies, particularly long-read sequencing platforms used in genomics research.
B. Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
C. Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
D. Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is a diversified global science and technology conglomerate known for its portfolio of life sciences, diagnostics, and industrial solutions businesses.
E. Genentech
Genentech is a pioneering American biotechnology company known for developing groundbreaking therapies and being one of the first firms to apply genetic engineering to medicine.
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: Illumina
Target entity description: Illumina is a biotechnology company best known for developing and manufacturing advanced DNA sequencing and array-based technologies used in genomics research and clinical applications.

A. Pacific Biosciences
Pacific Biosciences is a biotechnology company specializing in advanced DNA sequencing technologies, particularly long-read sequencing platforms used in genomics research.
B. Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
C. Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
D. Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation is a diversified global science and technology conglomerate known for its portfolio of life sciences, diagnostics, and industrial solutions businesses.
E. Genentech
Genentech is a pioneering American biotechnology company known for developing groundbreaking therapies and being one of the first firms to apply genetic engineering to medicine.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biotechnology company ⓘ genomics company ⓘ public company ⓘ
acquired	BlueGnome ⓘ Edico Genome ⓘ Illumina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Solexa Verinata Health ⓘ
applicationArea	agricultural genomics ⓘ clinical diagnostics ⓘ genomics research ⓘ oncology testing ⓘ population genomics ⓘ reproductive health testing ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focusesOn	exome sequencing ⓘ personalized genomics ⓘ precision medicine ⓘ whole-genome sequencing ⓘ
foundedBy	Anthony Czarnik ⓘ David Walt ⓘ John Stuelpnagel ⓘ Larry Bock ⓘ Mark Chee ⓘ
foundedInLocation	San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
foundedInYear	1998 ⓘ
hasSubsidiary	Grail ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
industry	biotechnology ⓘ genomics ⓘ medical diagnostics ⓘ
knownFor	genome-wide association study platforms ⓘ high-throughput DNA sequencing ⓘ short-read sequencing technology ⓘ
product	bioinformatics software ⓘ genotyping arrays ⓘ library preparation kits ⓘ microarrays ⓘ sequencing instruments ⓘ sequencing reagents ⓘ
specializesIn	DNA sequencing ⓘ array-based genotyping ⓘ clinical sequencing ⓘ genomic analysis ⓘ next-generation sequencing ⓘ
stockExchange	NASDAQ ⓘ
technologyType	sequencing-by-synthesis ⓘ
tickerSymbol	Illumina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ILMN
website	https://www.illumina.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Granta Park → hasTenant → Illumina ⓘ

Pacific Biosciences → hasCompetitor → Illumina ⓘ

Cambridge life sciences ecosystem → hasKeyCompany → Illumina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illumina Cambridge

Illumina → tickerSymbol → Illumina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ILMN

Illumina → acquired → Illumina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solexa

Yale Center for Genome Analysis → hasTechnology → Illumina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Illumina sequencing platforms

John W. Thompson → boardMemberOf → Illumina ⓘ

PACB → competesWith → Illumina ⓘ

subject surface form: Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.

this entity surface form: Illumina, Inc.

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