Vollum Institute
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The Vollum Institute is a neuroscience research center renowned for its fundamental studies of the brain and nervous system, based at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vollum Institute canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1562214 — 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: Vollum Institute Context triple: [Oregon Health & Science University, hasResearchInstitute, Vollum Institute]
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Resch Center
The Resch Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Ashwaubenon near Green Bay, Wisconsin, hosting concerts, sporting events, and other large-scale entertainment.
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B.
NOVA Medical School
NOVA Medical School is the medical faculty of NOVA University Lisbon, known for its research-driven education in medicine and health sciences in Portugal.
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Duke Global Health Institute
The Duke Global Health Institute is a Duke University research center dedicated to advancing global health through interdisciplinary research, education, and policy engagement focused on improving health equity worldwide.
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St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters
St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters was the original institutional name of what is now known as the Science Museum of Minnesota, a major science and education museum in Saint Paul.
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E.
Fogarty International Center
Fogarty International Center is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health that supports and advances global health research and training, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
- 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: Vollum Institute Target entity description: The Vollum Institute is a neuroscience research center renowned for its fundamental studies of the brain and nervous system, based at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.
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A.
Resch Center
The Resch Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Ashwaubenon near Green Bay, Wisconsin, hosting concerts, sporting events, and other large-scale entertainment.
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B.
NOVA Medical School
NOVA Medical School is the medical faculty of NOVA University Lisbon, known for its research-driven education in medicine and health sciences in Portugal.
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C.
Duke Global Health Institute
The Duke Global Health Institute is a Duke University research center dedicated to advancing global health through interdisciplinary research, education, and policy engagement focused on improving health equity worldwide.
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D.
St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters
St. Paul Institute of Science and Letters was the original institutional name of what is now known as the Science Museum of Minnesota, a major science and education museum in Saint Paul.
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E.
Fogarty International Center
Fogarty International Center is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health that supports and advances global health research and training, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
neuroscience research institute
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research center ⓘ |
| affiliation | Oregon Health & Science University ⓘ |
| city | Portland ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer |
graduate students
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neuroscientists ⓘ postdoctoral fellows ⓘ research staff ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cellular neuroscience
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ion channels ⓘ molecular neuroscience ⓘ neurobiology ⓘ neurodevelopment ⓘ neuropharmacology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ synaptic transmission ⓘ systems neuroscience ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
brain
ⓘ
nervous system ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Howard Vollum ⓘ |
| hasAcademicProgramsWith |
Oregon Health & Science University
ⓘ
surface form:
School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University
|
| hasCollaborationWith |
Casey Eye Institute
ⓘ
surface form:
Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University
Knight Cancer Institute ⓘ
surface form:
Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon National Primate Research Center ⓘ |
| hasDoctoralStudentsThrough | Oregon Health & Science University graduate programs ⓘ |
| hasPostdoctoralResearchers | yes ⓘ |
| hasPrincipalInvestigators | yes ⓘ |
| hasResearchArea |
cell signaling in neurons
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development of the nervous system ⓘ gene regulation in the nervous system ⓘ neural circuits ⓘ neurodegenerative disease mechanisms ⓘ structural biology of membrane proteins ⓘ synaptic plasticity ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Oregon Health & Science University
ⓘ
Portland ⓘ
surface form:
Portland, Oregon
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| mission | to advance understanding of the brain and nervous system through basic research ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Howard Vollum ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Oregon Health & Science University ⓘ |
| partOf | Oregon Health & Science University ⓘ |
| researchType |
basic research
ⓘ
fundamental research ⓘ |
| state | Oregon ⓘ |
| supportsCoreFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ohsu.edu/vollum-institute ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Vollum Institute Description of subject: The Vollum Institute is a neuroscience research center renowned for its fundamental studies of the brain and nervous system, based at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.
Referenced by (1)
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