Molecular Devices
E261813
Molecular Devices is a life sciences company that develops and manufactures analytical instruments and software for high-throughput screening, cellular imaging, and microplate detection used in biological research and drug discovery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Molecular Devices canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2370802 — 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: Molecular Devices Context triple: [Danaher Corporation, owns, Molecular Devices]
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A.
Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
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B.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a leading American biotechnology and laboratory equipment company that provides scientific instruments, reagents, and services to research, healthcare, and industrial customers worldwide.
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C.
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
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D.
Teledyne
Teledyne is an American industrial conglomerate known for its diversified operations in electronics, instrumentation, aerospace, and digital imaging technologies.
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E.
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company was a pioneering British firm based in Cambridge that became renowned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for designing and manufacturing precision scientific instruments for research and education.
- 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: Molecular Devices Target entity description: Molecular Devices is a life sciences company that develops and manufactures analytical instruments and software for high-throughput screening, cellular imaging, and microplate detection used in biological research and drug discovery.
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A.
Beckman Instruments
Beckman Instruments was an American scientific instruments company known for pioneering analytical and laboratory equipment used in chemistry, biology, and electronics research.
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B.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a leading American biotechnology and laboratory equipment company that provides scientific instruments, reagents, and services to research, healthcare, and industrial customers worldwide.
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C.
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
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D.
Teledyne
Teledyne is an American industrial conglomerate known for its diversified operations in electronics, instrumentation, aerospace, and digital imaging technologies.
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E.
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company was a pioneering British firm based in Cambridge that became renowned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for designing and manufacturing precision scientific instruments for research and education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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life sciences company ⓘ |
| applicationArea |
biochemistry
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cell biology ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ toxicology ⓘ |
| businessArea |
analytical instruments
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laboratory equipment ⓘ scientific software ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focus |
automation of laboratory workflows
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high-throughput data acquisition ⓘ quantitative biological measurements ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
San Jose
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surface form:
San Jose, California
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| industry |
biotechnology tools
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life sciences ⓘ scientific instruments ⓘ |
| offers |
hardware instruments
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integrated systems for screening ⓘ scientific software ⓘ |
| productType |
biological assay instrumentation
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cellular imaging systems ⓘ data analysis software ⓘ high-throughput screening systems ⓘ laboratory automation solutions ⓘ microplate detection systems ⓘ microplate readers ⓘ |
| servesIndustry |
academic research
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biological research ⓘ biotechnology industry ⓘ drug discovery ⓘ pharmaceutical industry ⓘ |
| specialization |
assay development
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biochemical assays ⓘ cell-based assays ⓘ cellular imaging ⓘ high-throughput screening ⓘ microplate detection ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
academic laboratories
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biotechnology companies ⓘ contract research organizations ⓘ pharmaceutical companies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
assay development for drug discovery
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cell imaging and analysis ⓘ high-throughput biological experiments ⓘ quantification of biomolecular interactions ⓘ screening of chemical libraries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Molecular Devices Description of subject: Molecular Devices is a life sciences company that develops and manufactures analytical instruments and software for high-throughput screening, cellular imaging, and microplate detection used in biological research and drug discovery.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.