Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at McGill University dedicated to research and education in infectious diseases, host–pathogen interactions, and immune system function.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Microbiology and Immunology canonical | 4 |
| Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T360600 — 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: Department of Microbiology and Immunology Context triple: [Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (McGill University), hasUnit, Department of Microbiology and Immunology]
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A.
Department of Microbiology
The Department of Microbiology is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and teaching of microorganisms and infectious diseases within the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University.
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B.
Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
The Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences is a division of Massachusetts’ state public health system that oversees infectious disease surveillance, prevention, and diagnostic laboratory services.
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C.
Department of Parasitology
The Department of Parasitology is an academic and research unit within Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine that focuses on the study, diagnosis, and control of parasitic diseases affecting humans.
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D.
Department of Hygiene and Zoonoses
The Department of Hygiene and Zoonoses is an academic unit within Cairo University's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine that focuses on the study, prevention, and control of diseases transmitted between animals and humans and on public health hygiene.
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E.
Department of Pathology
The Department of Pathology is an academic and clinical unit within Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine that focuses on the study, diagnosis, and teaching of disease processes at the tissue and cellular levels.
- 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: Department of Microbiology and Immunology Target entity description: The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at McGill University dedicated to research and education in infectious diseases, host–pathogen interactions, and immune system function.
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A.
Department of Microbiology
The Department of Microbiology is an academic unit specializing in the study, research, and teaching of microorganisms and infectious diseases within the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University.
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B.
Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
The Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences is a division of Massachusetts’ state public health system that oversees infectious disease surveillance, prevention, and diagnostic laboratory services.
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C.
Department of Parasitology
The Department of Parasitology is an academic and research unit within Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine that focuses on the study, diagnosis, and control of parasitic diseases affecting humans.
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D.
Department of Hygiene and Zoonoses
The Department of Hygiene and Zoonoses is an academic unit within Cairo University's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine that focuses on the study, prevention, and control of diseases transmitted between animals and humans and on public health hygiene.
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E.
Department of Pathology
The Department of Pathology is an academic and clinical unit within Cairo University's Faculty of Medicine that focuses on the study, diagnosis, and teaching of disease processes at the tissue and cellular levels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
biomedical sciences
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life sciences ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of McGill University
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surface form:
McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
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| collaboratesWith |
McGill University Health Centre
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research institutes in Montreal ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employs | faculty members ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
host–pathogen interactions
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immune system function ⓘ immunology ⓘ infectious diseases ⓘ microbiology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
host defense against pathogens
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immune regulation ⓘ infectious disease mechanisms ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.mcgill.ca/microimm/ ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Montreal
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Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
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| mission |
education in microbiology and immunology
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research in microbiology and immunology ⓘ |
| offersDegree |
BSc
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MSc ⓘ PhD ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
graduate program in immunology
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graduate program in microbiology ⓘ undergraduate program in microbiology and immunology ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of McGill University
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surface form:
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (McGill University)
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| partOf | McGill University ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
adaptive immunity
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bacterial pathogenesis ⓘ host immune responses ⓘ host–pathogen molecular interactions ⓘ innate immunity ⓘ mucosal immunology ⓘ parasitology ⓘ vaccinology ⓘ viral pathogenesis ⓘ |
| trains |
graduate students
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postdoctoral fellows ⓘ undergraduate students ⓘ |
| typeOfEducation |
laboratory-based training
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research-based education ⓘ |
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: Department of Microbiology and Immunology Description of subject: The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is an academic unit at McGill University dedicated to research and education in infectious diseases, host–pathogen interactions, and immune system function.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (McGill University)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of McGill University
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hasUnit
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University
this entity surface form:
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University