Ewan Birney
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Ewan Birney is a British computational biologist best known for his leadership in the Human Genome Project and as director of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ewan Birney canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4661876 — 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: Ewan Birney Context triple: [Mendel Medal, notableRecipient, Ewan Birney]
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A.
Callum McDougall
Callum McDougall is a British film producer known for his work on major feature films, including the World War I epic "1917."
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B.
Robbie Cowling
Robbie Cowling is a British businessman best known as the long-serving owner and chairman of Colchester United Football Club.
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C.
Derek Nimmo
Derek Nimmo was a British actor and comedian best known for his portrayals of bumbling upper-class clergymen and his frequent appearances on BBC radio and television panel shows.
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D.
Brendan McFarlane
Brendan McFarlane is a former Provisional IRA member from Belfast, best known for his leadership role in the 1981 Irish hunger strikes and his involvement in high-profile republican operations during the Troubles.
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E.
Liam McHugh
Liam McHugh is an American sportscaster best known for his work as a studio host and anchor on major U.S. sports broadcasts, including NHL and NFL coverage.
- 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: Ewan Birney Target entity description: Ewan Birney is a British computational biologist best known for his leadership in the Human Genome Project and as director of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).
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A.
Callum McDougall
Callum McDougall is a British film producer known for his work on major feature films, including the World War I epic "1917."
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B.
Robbie Cowling
Robbie Cowling is a British businessman best known as the long-serving owner and chairman of Colchester United Football Club.
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C.
Derek Nimmo
Derek Nimmo was a British actor and comedian best known for his portrayals of bumbling upper-class clergymen and his frequent appearances on BBC radio and television panel shows.
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D.
Brendan McFarlane
Brendan McFarlane is a former Provisional IRA member from Belfast, best known for his leadership role in the 1981 Irish hunger strikes and his involvement in high-profile republican operations during the Troubles.
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E.
Liam McHugh
Liam McHugh is an American sportscaster best known for his work as a studio host and anchor on major U.S. sports broadcasts, including NHL and NFL coverage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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bioinformatician ⓘ computational biologist ⓘ human ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry
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PhD in Biology ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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EMBO Gold Medal ⓘ Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences ⓘ Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
linked to:
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
|
| birthDate | 1972-12-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
England
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London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Richard Durbin ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| employer |
European Bioinformatics Institute
ⓘ
European Molecular Biology Laboratory ⓘ |
| familyName | Birney ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bioinformatics
ⓘ
computational biology ⓘ genomics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ewan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ewan Cameron
|
| honorificTitle |
CBE
ⓘ
Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
linked to:
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
|
| knownFor |
Ensembl genome browser
ⓘ
linked to:
Ensembl
Human Genome Project ⓘ leadership at EMBL-EBI ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Europaea
ⓘ
European Molecular Biology Organization ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Ewan Birney ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
annotation of the human genome
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co-development of Ensembl ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health
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Deputy Director-General of EMBL ⓘ Director of the European Bioinformatics Institute ⓘ Joint Director of EMBL-EBI ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
genome annotation
ⓘ
regulatory genomics ⓘ sequence analysis ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
ⓘ
linked to:
Wellcome Sanger Institute
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ewan Birney Description of subject: Ewan Birney is a British computational biologist best known for his leadership in the Human Genome Project and as director of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.