Randy Schekman
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Randy Schekman is an American cell biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanisms of vesicle trafficking in cells.
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| Randy Schekman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Schekman Context triple: [Thomas Südhof, NobelPrizeSharedWith, Randy Schekman]
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James Rothman
James Rothman is an American cell biologist and biochemist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of vesicle trafficking, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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B.
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering discoveries on the mechanisms of autophagy.
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Leland H. Hartwell
Leland H. Hartwell is an American biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic regulation of the cell cycle in yeast.
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D.
Thomas Südhof
Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
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E.
Peter Agre
Peter Agre is an American physician and molecular biologist who won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins, the water channel proteins in cell membranes.
- 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: Randy Schekman Target entity description: Randy Schekman is an American cell biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the mechanisms of vesicle trafficking in cells.
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A.
James Rothman
James Rothman is an American cell biologist and biochemist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of vesicle trafficking, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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B.
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering discoveries on the mechanisms of autophagy.
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C.
Leland H. Hartwell
Leland H. Hartwell is an American biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic regulation of the cell cycle in yeast.
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D.
Thomas Südhof
Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
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E.
Peter Agre
Peter Agre is an American physician and molecular biologist who won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins, the water channel proteins in cell membranes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Molecular Sciences
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PhD in Biochemistry ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Stanford University
NERFINISHED
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University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
E. B. Wilson Medal
NERFINISHED
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Gairdner Foundation International Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith R. Porter Lecture Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Massry Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-12-30 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Arthur Kornberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTitle | Studies on the replication of bacteriophage phiX174 DNA ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| editorInChiefOf | eLife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Stanford University
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Schekman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cell biology
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molecular biology ⓘ vesicle trafficking ⓘ |
| fullName | Randy Wayne Schekman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Randy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ Howard Hughes Medical Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| nobelPrizeCategory | Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| notableConcept | SEC genes involved in vesicle trafficking ⓘ |
| notableFor | research on mechanisms of vesicle trafficking in cells ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute
NERFINISHED
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Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| researchFocus | genetic and molecular analysis of protein secretion in yeast ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
James E. Rothman
NERFINISHED
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Thomas C. Südhof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Nancy Walls Schekman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeAsEditorInChiefOf eLife | 2012 ⓘ |
| usedModelOrganism | Saccharomyces cerevisiae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace | Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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