Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
In the 1970s and ’80s Hoffmann investigated the effects of a steroid hormone known as ecdysone on the metabolism, reproduction, and embryonic development of the migratory locust ( Locusta migratoria). This work shed light on insect development and endocrinology and, more specifically, on the biosynthesis of ecdysone and the mechanism by which the hormone stimulates ecdysis (the