Jeffrey C. Hall
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Jeffrey C. Hall is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeffrey C. Hall canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2860668 — 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: Jeffrey C. Hall Context triple: [Lasker Basic Award, notableLaureate, Jeffrey C. Hall]
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Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms, for which he received major scientific honors including the Lasker Award and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Richard Tsien
Richard Tsien is a prominent American neuroscientist and biophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity.
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C.
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
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D.
Thomas Südhof
Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
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E.
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.
- 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: Jeffrey C. Hall Target entity description: Jeffrey C. Hall is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
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A.
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms, for which he received major scientific honors including the Lasker Award and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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B.
Richard Tsien
Richard Tsien is a prominent American neuroscientist and biophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity.
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C.
Sydney Brenner
Sydney Brenner was a pioneering South African biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his foundational work in molecular biology and the use of C. elegans as a model organism.
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D.
Thomas Südhof
Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
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E.
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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chronobiologist ⓘ geneticist ⓘ human ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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PhD ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gairdner Foundation International Award
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surface form:
Canada Gairdner International Award
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience ⓘ
surface form:
Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ Massry Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Amherst College
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University of Washington ⓘ |
| employer | Brandeis University ⓘ |
| familyName | Hall ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chronobiology
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genetics ⓘ neurogenetics ⓘ |
| givenName | Jeffrey ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
behavioral genetics
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neuroscience of circadian rhythms ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian clock
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research on circadian rhythms ⓘ work on period gene in Drosophila ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrCollaborator |
Michael Rosbash
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Michael W. Young ⓘ |
| notableWork |
genetic analysis of Drosophila circadian clock
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molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor ⓘ |
| researchSubject |
Drosophila melanogaster
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circadian clock genes ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
Michael Rosbash
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Michael W. Young ⓘ |
| workLocation | Waltham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Jeffrey C. Hall Description of subject: Jeffrey C. Hall is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
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