Yuh Nung Jan
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Yuh Nung Jan is a prominent neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying neural development and function.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yuh Nung Jan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4193493 — 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: Yuh Nung Jan Context triple: [Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, notableRecipient, Yuh Nung Jan]
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A.
Ni Kwei-tseng
Ni Kwei-tseng was a Chinese woman best known as the mother of Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) and a matriarch of the influential Soong family.
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B.
Tung-Mow Yan
Tung-Mow Yan is a theoretical physicist best known for co-formulating the Drell–Yan process, a fundamental mechanism for lepton pair production in high-energy particle collisions.
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C.
Yu-Chi Ho
Yu-Chi Ho is a prominent control theorist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to optimal control, dynamic systems, and game theory.
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D.
Yun Chi Chung
Yun Chi Chung is best known as the former wife of American comedian and actor Redd Foxx.
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E.
Chia-Shun Yih
Chia-Shun Yih was a prominent Chinese-American fluid dynamicist known for his influential theoretical work on hydrodynamic stability and stratified flows.
- 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: Yuh Nung Jan Target entity description: Yuh Nung Jan is a prominent neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying neural development and function.
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A.
Ni Kwei-tseng
Ni Kwei-tseng was a Chinese woman best known as the mother of Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) and a matriarch of the influential Soong family.
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B.
Tung-Mow Yan
Tung-Mow Yan is a theoretical physicist best known for co-formulating the Drell–Yan process, a fundamental mechanism for lepton pair production in high-energy particle collisions.
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C.
Yu-Chi Ho
Yu-Chi Ho is a prominent control theorist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to optimal control, dynamic systems, and game theory.
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D.
Yun Chi Chung
Yun Chi Chung is best known as the former wife of American comedian and actor Redd Foxx.
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E.
Chia-Shun Yih
Chia-Shun Yih was a prominent Chinese-American fluid dynamicist known for his influential theoretical work on hydrodynamic stability and stratified flows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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biologist ⓘ neuroscientist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gruber Neuroscience Prize
ⓘ
linked to:
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator ⓘ
linked to:
HHMI Investigator
Kavli Prize in Neuroscience ⓘ
linked to:
Kavli Prize
|
| collaboratesWith | Lily Jan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | bacteriophage genetics ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
ⓘ
Caltech ⓘ
linked to:
California Institute of Technology
|
| employer | University of California, San Francisco ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
developmental neurobiology
ⓘ
genetics ⓘ ion channels ⓘ molecular neuroscience ⓘ neural development ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ synaptic physiology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Max Delbrück ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Chinese American ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Jan lab studies of neuronal development and function
ⓘ
cloning and characterization of ion channel genes ⓘ work on dendritic development ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
|
| notableFor |
pioneering work on genetic and molecular mechanisms of neural development
ⓘ
studies of ion channel function in neurons ⓘ use of Drosophila as a model system in neuroscience ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Liqun Luo ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
China
ⓘ
Shanghai ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of biophysics
ⓘ
professor of physiology ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
genetic control of neuronal differentiation
ⓘ
ion channel regulation in neurons ⓘ molecular mechanisms of neural circuit formation ⓘ |
| spouse | Lily Jan ⓘ |
| usesModelOrganism |
Drosophila melanogaster
ⓘ
fruit fly ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
UCSF
ⓘ
linked to:
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yuh Nung Jan Description of subject: Yuh Nung Jan is a prominent neuroscientist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying neural development and function.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.