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OTTAWA, October 20, 2011  —  Nobel Laureate in Medicine Jules A. Hoffmann, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa during a special ceremony at the Faculty of Medicine. After the ceremony, Dr Hoffmann delivered a presentation entitled “The Antimicrobial Host Defense of Drosophila: A Paradigm for Innate Immunity.”

Jules Hoffmann is based at the University of Strasbourg in France. He holds a PhD in natural science (1963) and was recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his accomplishments in immunology. According to the Nobel Assembly’s press release, his work has “revolutionized our understanding of the immune system.” For more information on Jules Hoffmann, please view his biography.