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geoffrey w. hoffmann australia manfred eigen , niels jerne 150px australian-canadian immune network theory october 20 , 1944 geoffrey w. hoffmann
 geoffrey w. hoffmann
geoffrey w. hoffmann

geoffrey w. hoffmann , -lrb- born october 20 , 1944 -rrb- is an australian-canadian theoretical biologist .
hoffmann was a faculty member in the department of physics at the university of british columbia and is currently chairman and chief scientist at network immunology inc. in vancouver , canada .
he is best known for symmetric immune network theory .
