Kurt Wüthrich
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Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules.
All labels observed (1)
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| Kurt Wüthrich canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kurt Wüthrich Context triple: [University of Zurich, hasNotableAlumnus, Kurt Wüthrich]
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Max Perutz
Max Perutz was an Austrian-British molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering X-ray crystallography studies of hemoglobin and helping to found the field of molecular biology.
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B.
Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as the “father of femtochemistry” for his pioneering work using ultrafast lasers to observe chemical reactions in real time.
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C.
John Polanyi
John Polanyi is a Canadian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.
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Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin was a British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of vital biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.
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John Kendrew
John Kendrew was a British biochemist and crystallographer who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the three-dimensional structure of the protein myoglobin.
- 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: Kurt Wüthrich Target entity description: Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules.
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A.
Max Perutz
Max Perutz was an Austrian-British molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering X-ray crystallography studies of hemoglobin and helping to found the field of molecular biology.
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B.
Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as the “father of femtochemistry” for his pioneering work using ultrafast lasers to observe chemical reactions in real time.
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C.
John Polanyi
John Polanyi is a Canadian chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.
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D.
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin was a British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of vital biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.
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E.
John Kendrew
John Kendrew was a British biochemist and crystallographer who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the three-dimensional structure of the protein myoglobin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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biophysicist ⓘ chemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
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Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Otto Warburg Medal ⓘ Paracelsus Prize ⓘ Wolf Prize in Chemistry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Basel
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University of Bern ⓘ |
| employer |
ETH Zurich
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The Scripps Research Institute ⓘ |
| familyName | Wüthrich ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biophysics
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chemistry ⓘ nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Kurt ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
biological macromolecules
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protein structure ⓘ solution-state NMR ⓘ structural characterization of proteins ⓘ |
| influencedBy | developments in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of NMR spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution
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pioneering work in biomolecular NMR ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina ⓘ
surface form:
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Swiss Academy of Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
US National Academy of Sciences
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| name | Kurt Wüthrich self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Ad Bax
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Gerhard Wagner ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to the structure determination of proteins by NMR
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development of NMR methods for protein structure determination in solution ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Referenced by (16)
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subject surface form:
ETH Zurich