Caenorhabditis Genetics Center
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The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center is a major international repository and distribution center that provides C. elegans and related nematode strains and resources to the research community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caenorhabditis Genetics Center canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3872127 — 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: Caenorhabditis Genetics Center Context triple: [Caenorhabditis elegans, researchResourceCenter, Caenorhabditis Genetics Center]
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A.
Loeb Laboratory
Loeb Laboratory is a historic research building at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, long associated with pioneering work in experimental biology and physiology.
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B.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
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C.
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium is a historic educational facility in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, featuring live exhibits of native freshwater fish, reptiles, and amphibians and focusing on local aquatic conservation.
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D.
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine is a biomedical research institute specializing in genomics and precision medicine, focusing on understanding the genetic basis of disease to advance diagnostics and therapies.
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E.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
- 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: Caenorhabditis Genetics Center Target entity description: The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center is a major international repository and distribution center that provides C. elegans and related nematode strains and resources to the research community.
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A.
Loeb Laboratory
Loeb Laboratory is a historic research building at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, long associated with pioneering work in experimental biology and physiology.
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B.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a renowned private research institution in New York known for pioneering work in genetics, molecular biology, and cancer research.
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C.
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium is a historic educational facility in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, featuring live exhibits of native freshwater fish, reptiles, and amphibians and focusing on local aquatic conservation.
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D.
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine is a biomedical research institute specializing in genomics and precision medicine, focusing on understanding the genetic basis of disease to advance diagnostics and therapies.
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E.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a leading biomedical and genomic research center known for large-scale collaborative projects that advance understanding of human disease and inform new therapies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biological resource center
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nonprofit organization ⓘ research infrastructure ⓘ strain repository ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| distributionScope | international ⓘ |
| field |
genetics
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model organism research ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ nematode biology ⓘ |
| fullName | Caenorhabditis Genetics Center self-link ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
C. elegans strains
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balancer strains ⓘ live nematode strains ⓘ mapping strains ⓘ mutant strains ⓘ related Caenorhabditis species strains ⓘ transgenic strains ⓘ wild-type strains ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://cgc.umn.edu/ ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minneapolis
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Minnesota ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Caenorhabditis elegans
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Caenorhabditis species ⓘ nematode strains ⓘ |
| operatedBy | University of Minnesota ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
preserve genetic diversity of Caenorhabditis strains
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provide standardized nematode strains ⓘ support C. elegans research community ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Caenorhabditis elegans research community
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WormBase ⓘ |
| service |
community support
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international shipping of strains ⓘ online catalog access ⓘ quality control of strains ⓘ strain archiving ⓘ strain distribution ⓘ strain information curation ⓘ strain preservation ⓘ |
| shortName | CGC ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
National Center for Research Resources
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National Institutes of Health ⓘ Office of Research Infrastructure Programs ⓘ U.S. federal research funding ⓘ |
| userCommunity |
academic researchers
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biomedical researchers ⓘ model organism laboratories ⓘ |
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: Caenorhabditis Genetics Center Description of subject: The Caenorhabditis Genetics Center is a major international repository and distribution center that provides C. elegans and related nematode strains and resources to the research community.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.