Jules Alphonse Nicolas Hoffmann is a Luxembourgish-French biologist, born in 1941, who grew up in Luxembourg and became interested in insects through his father, which led him to use insects as model organisms. He holds a faculty position at the University of Strasbourg and is a research director and member of the board of administrators of the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Strasbourg. He served as Vice-President and then President of the French Academy of Sciences. With Bruce Beutler he was awarded half of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity.
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born 2 August 1941
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is a Luxembourgish-French biologist
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He currently holds a faculty position at the University of Strasbourg
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jointly awarded a half share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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is a Luxembourgish-French biologist
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for "their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity"
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He currently holds a faculty position at the University of Strasbourg
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a research director and member of the board of administrators of the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Strasbourg
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of the French Academy of Sciences
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for "their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity"
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"year": "1941"
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"gender": "male"
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"awardYear": "2011"
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