Ben Barres
Ben Barres | |
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| Born | September 13, 1954 West Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | December 27, 2017 (aged 63) Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) Dartmouth College (MD) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisors | David Corey Martin Raff |
| Doctoral students | Beth Stevens Cagla Eroglu |
Benjamin Barres (formerly Barbara A. Barres, September 13, 1954 – December 27, 2017) was an American neurobiologist at Stanford University. His research focused on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Beginning in 2008, he was chair of the Neurobiology Department at Stanford University School of Medicine. He transitioned to male in 1997, and became the first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences in 2013. Barres is also known for his pioneering activism for equal opportunity in science, often citing his experiences as both a male and female scientist.