Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
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The Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences is a major research institute at the University of Amsterdam focused on fundamental and applied research in molecular and cellular life sciences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences canonical | 2 |
| Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1876250 — 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: Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences Context triple: [Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, hasResearchInstitute, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences]
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Radboud University Medical Center
Radboud University Medical Center is a leading Dutch academic hospital and research institution renowned for its advanced medical care, education, and biomedical research.
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Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden University Medical Center is a major Dutch academic hospital and biomedical research institution that combines patient care, medical education, and scientific research in Leiden, the Netherlands.
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University of Groningen
The University of Groningen is a major public research university in the Netherlands, known for its broad range of academic programs and strong international orientation.
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Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Amsterdam University Medical Centers is a major Dutch academic hospital and research institution formed by the merger of Amsterdam’s two university medical centers, providing advanced clinical care, medical education, and biomedical research.
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E.
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences is the Netherlands’ national academy, serving as a leading scholarly society that promotes and advises on scientific and scholarly research across the arts and sciences.
- 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: Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences Target entity description: The Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences is a major research institute at the University of Amsterdam focused on fundamental and applied research in molecular and cellular life sciences.
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A.
Radboud University Medical Center
Radboud University Medical Center is a leading Dutch academic hospital and research institution renowned for its advanced medical care, education, and biomedical research.
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B.
Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden University Medical Center is a major Dutch academic hospital and biomedical research institution that combines patient care, medical education, and scientific research in Leiden, the Netherlands.
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C.
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen is a major public research university in the Netherlands, known for its broad range of academic programs and strong international orientation.
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Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Amsterdam University Medical Centers is a major Dutch academic hospital and research institution formed by the merger of Amsterdam’s two university medical centers, providing advanced clinical care, medical education, and biomedical research.
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E.
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences is the Netherlands’ national academy, serving as a leading scholarly society that promotes and advises on scientific and scholarly research across the arts and sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
life sciences institute
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research institute ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SILS ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
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surface form:
Amsterdam UMC
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience ⓘ other Dutch universities ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| employs |
PhD candidates
ⓘ
postdoctoral researchers ⓘ principal investigators ⓘ technical staff ⓘ |
| field | life sciences ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
applied research
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cellular life sciences ⓘ fundamental research ⓘ molecular life sciences ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
Dutch research councils
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European research programs ⓘ University of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
core facilities
ⓘ
research groups ⓘ technology platforms ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amsterdam
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Europe ⓘ North Holland ⓘ |
| mission | to advance understanding of life at molecular, cellular and systems levels ⓘ |
| name | Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jan Swammerdam ⓘ |
| offers |
PhD training
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research master projects ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Amsterdam ⓘ |
| researchArea |
biochemistry
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cell biology ⓘ ecology and evolution ⓘ microbiology ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ plant biology ⓘ systems biology ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | academic research institute ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
bioinformatics
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cell imaging ⓘ genomics ⓘ molecular biology techniques ⓘ proteomics ⓘ |
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: Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences Description of subject: The Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences is a major research institute at the University of Amsterdam focused on fundamental and applied research in molecular and cellular life sciences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam
this entity surface form:
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)