Jacques Dubochet
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Jacques Dubochet is a Swiss biophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate recognized for his pioneering work in developing cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules.
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| Jacques Dubochet canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacques Dubochet Context triple: [ETH Zurich, hasNotableAlumni, Jacques Dubochet]
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Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules.
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B.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
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Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as the “father of femtochemistry” for his pioneering work using ultrafast lasers to observe chemical reactions in real time.
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Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for her pioneering work on the structure and function of the ribosome.
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E.
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn is a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as a founder of supramolecular chemistry for his pioneering work on molecular recognition and self-assembly.
- 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: Jacques Dubochet Target entity description: Jacques Dubochet is a Swiss biophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate recognized for his pioneering work in developing cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules.
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A.
Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules.
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B.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
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C.
Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as the “father of femtochemistry” for his pioneering work using ultrafast lasers to observe chemical reactions in real time.
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D.
Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for her pioneering work on the structure and function of the ribosome.
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E.
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn is a French chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as a founder of supramolecular chemistry for his pioneering work on molecular recognition and self-assembly.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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biophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists)
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surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017
Swiss Academy of Sciences awards ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Canton of Vaud
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surface form:
Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-06-08 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Eduard Kellenberger ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Basel
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University of Geneva ⓘ École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne ⓘ |
| employer |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
ⓘ
University of Lausanne ⓘ |
| familyName | Dubochet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biophysics
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cryo-electron microscopy ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacques ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
electron microscopy
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macromolecular structure determination ⓘ sample vitrification ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules
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vitrification of water for electron microscopy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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German ⓘ |
| living | true ⓘ |
| memberOf |
European Molecular Biology Organization
ⓘ
Swiss Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Jacques Dubochet self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| notableStudent | several structural biologists trained in cryo-EM at the University of Lausanne ⓘ |
| notableWork |
application of cryo-EM to biological macromolecules
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development of rapid vitrification techniques for biological samples ⓘ |
| occupation |
biophysicist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Aigle, Switzerland ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of biophysics at the University of Lausanne ⓘ |
| residence | Switzerland ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNobelPrizeWith |
Joachim Frank
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Richard Henderson ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Lausanne
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surface form:
Lausanne, Switzerland
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Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
ETH Zurich