Institute of Biosciences

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academic unit research institute

The Institute of Biosciences is a major academic and research unit of the University of São Paulo dedicated to biological sciences, including areas such as genetics, ecology, botany, and zoology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo	1
Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo	1
Institute of Biosciences canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2467195 — 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: Institute of Biosciences
Context triple: [University of São Paulo, hasFaculty, Institute of Biosciences]

A. Department of Integrated Biosciences
The Department of Integrated Biosciences is an academic unit focused on interdisciplinary research and education in life sciences, combining biology with fields such as chemistry, physics, and information science to address complex biological phenomena.
B. Institute of Life Science
The Institute of Life Science is a major biomedical research and innovation center associated with Swansea University, focusing on translational medicine and life science technologies.
C. Graduate School of Biostudies
The Graduate School of Biostudies is a Kyoto University graduate institution specializing in advanced research and education in life sciences and related biological fields.
D. Faculty of Biosciences
The Faculty of Biosciences is Heidelberg University's life sciences faculty, focusing on research and education in areas such as molecular biology, biotechnology, and related biological disciplines.
E. Faculty of Biosciences
The Faculty of Biosciences is a division of the University of Leipzig dedicated to research and education in biological and life sciences disciplines.
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: Institute of Biosciences
Target entity description: The Institute of Biosciences is a major academic and research unit of the University of São Paulo dedicated to biological sciences, including areas such as genetics, ecology, botany, and zoology.

A. Department of Integrated Biosciences
The Department of Integrated Biosciences is an academic unit focused on interdisciplinary research and education in life sciences, combining biology with fields such as chemistry, physics, and information science to address complex biological phenomena.
B. Institute of Life Science
The Institute of Life Science is a major biomedical research and innovation center associated with Swansea University, focusing on translational medicine and life science technologies.
C. Graduate School of Biostudies
The Graduate School of Biostudies is a Kyoto University graduate institution specializing in advanced research and education in life sciences and related biological fields.
D. Faculty of Biosciences
The Faculty of Biosciences is Heidelberg University's life sciences faculty, focusing on research and education in areas such as molecular biology, biotechnology, and related biological disciplines.
E. Faculty of Biosciences
The Faculty of Biosciences is a division of the University of Leipzig dedicated to research and education in biological and life sciences disciplines.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic unit ⓘ research institute ⓘ
abbreviation	University of São Paulo ⓘ surface form: IB-USP
academicDiscipline	biochemistry ⓘ biology ⓘ cell biology ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ microbiology ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ physiology ⓘ
affiliation	University of São Paulo ⓘ
campus	Butantã campus ⓘ
city	São Paulo ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
countryOfInstitution	Brazil ⓘ
field	biological sciences ⓘ botany ⓘ ecology ⓘ genetics ⓘ zoology ⓘ
focus	graduate education ⓘ research ⓘ teaching ⓘ undergraduate education ⓘ
hasDivision	Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo ⓘ Institute of Biosciences self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo Institute of Biosciences self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo ⓘ Department of Zoology ⓘ surface form: Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo
languageOfWorkOrName	Portuguese ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−03:00 ⓘ
locatedOnCampus	Cidade Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira ⓘ
nativeLabel	University of São Paulo ⓘ surface form: Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo
offersProgram	graduate program in Botany ⓘ graduate program in Ecology ⓘ graduate program in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology ⓘ graduate program in Physiology ⓘ graduate program in Zoology ⓘ undergraduate program in Biological Sciences ⓘ
parentOrganization	University of São Paulo ⓘ
partOf	University of São Paulo ⓘ
researchFocus	biodiversity ⓘ conservation biology ⓘ evolution ⓘ genomics ⓘ
typeOfInstitution	public university institute ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of São Paulo → hasFaculty → Institute of Biosciences ⓘ

Institute of Biosciences → hasDivision → Institute of Biosciences self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo

this entity surface form: Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo