Applied Biosystems
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Applied Biosystems is a biotechnology brand known for its instruments, reagents, and software used in DNA sequencing, PCR, and other molecular biology applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Applied Biosystems canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7346338 — 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: Applied Biosystems Context triple: [Thermo Fisher Scientific, brand, Applied Biosystems]
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A.
Illumina
Illumina is a biotechnology company best known for developing and manufacturing advanced DNA sequencing and array-based technologies used in genomics research and clinical applications.
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B.
IDT (Integrated DNA Technologies)
IDT (Integrated DNA Technologies) is a leading biotechnology company specializing in custom DNA and RNA oligonucleotide synthesis and related genomics solutions for research, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
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C.
New England Biolabs
New England Biolabs is a biotechnology company renowned for producing molecular biology reagents, particularly restriction enzymes and DNA-modifying tools used in research laboratories worldwide.
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D.
Beckman Coulter
Beckman Coulter is a biomedical laboratory instrument and diagnostics company known for its analytical systems used in clinical and research settings worldwide.
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E.
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
- 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: Applied Biosystems Target entity description: Applied Biosystems is a biotechnology brand known for its instruments, reagents, and software used in DNA sequencing, PCR, and other molecular biology applications.
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A.
Illumina
Illumina is a biotechnology company best known for developing and manufacturing advanced DNA sequencing and array-based technologies used in genomics research and clinical applications.
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B.
IDT (Integrated DNA Technologies)
IDT (Integrated DNA Technologies) is a leading biotechnology company specializing in custom DNA and RNA oligonucleotide synthesis and related genomics solutions for research, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
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C.
New England Biolabs
New England Biolabs is a biotechnology company renowned for producing molecular biology reagents, particularly restriction enzymes and DNA-modifying tools used in research laboratories worldwide.
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D.
Beckman Coulter
Beckman Coulter is a biomedical laboratory instrument and diagnostics company known for its analytical systems used in clinical and research settings worldwide.
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E.
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies is a global company specializing in life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical laboratory instruments and services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biotechnology brand
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scientific instrument brand ⓘ subsidiary brand ⓘ |
| brandOf |
3500 Genetic Analyzer
NERFINISHED
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3730xl DNA Analyzer NERFINISHED ⓘ 7500 Real-Time PCR System NERFINISHED ⓘ ABI PRISM genetic analyzers NERFINISHED ⓘ BigDye Terminator sequencing chemistry NERFINISHED ⓘ GeneAmp PCR Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ QuantStudio Real-Time PCR Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ SeqStudio Genetic Analyzer NERFINISHED ⓘ TaqMan assays NERFINISHED ⓘ Veriti Thermal Cyclers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Thermo Fisher Scientific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
genetic analysis
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nucleic acid analysis ⓘ |
| formerParentOrganization |
Applera Corporation
NERFINISHED
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Life Technologies Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTechnology |
capillary electrophoresis
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fluorescent dye terminator sequencing ⓘ hydrolysis probe chemistry ⓘ real-time fluorescence detection ⓘ |
| industry |
biotechnology
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life sciences ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
DNA sequencing
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Sanger sequencing NERFINISHED ⓘ fragment analysis ⓘ gene expression analysis ⓘ genotyping ⓘ polymerase chain reaction ⓘ real-time PCR ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Thermo Fisher Scientific NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productType |
DNA sequencing instruments
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DNA sequencing reagents ⓘ PCR instruments ⓘ PCR reagents ⓘ capillary electrophoresis instruments ⓘ genetic analyzers ⓘ laboratory reagents ⓘ laboratory software ⓘ molecular biology kits ⓘ real-time PCR instruments ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
biotechnology companies
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clinical laboratories ⓘ research laboratories ⓘ |
| usedIn |
agricultural genomics
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basic molecular biology research ⓘ clinical research ⓘ forensic DNA analysis ⓘ pharmaceutical research ⓘ |
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: Applied Biosystems Description of subject: Applied Biosystems is a biotechnology brand known for its instruments, reagents, and software used in DNA sequencing, PCR, and other molecular biology applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.