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Neuroscientist Ben Barres, who identified crucial roles of glial cells ...

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The Stanford neuroscientist's research focused on the cells in the brain that aren't nerve cells. Collectively called glia, these “other” cells play a central role in sculpting and maintaining the brain's wiring diagram. Dec 27 2017. Acclaimed Stanford neuroscientist Ben Barres, MD, PhD, died on Dec. 27, 20 months after being ...

Ben Barres' Profile | Stanford Profiles

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Mourning Ben Barres, The Transgender Scientist Who ... - Forbes

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1 hour ago - Ben Barres, a neuroscientist who established the importance of glial cells, which comprise 9 in 10 brain cells but had been dismissed as inconsequential died of pancreatic cancer on December 27. The cause was pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from Stanford University, where he was a ...

Ben Barres, Neuroscientist and Gender Identity Leader, Passes Away ...

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6 mins ago - Barres was known for his pathbreaking work in identifying the crucial role of glial cells in the human brain. Ben Barres. Credit: Youtube. The American neuroscientist Ben Barres, known for his work with glial cells, the majority of brain cells that are not nerve cells, passed away on December 27 aged 63.

Ben Barres - Wikipedia

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He became a member of the Bio-X institute, member of the Child Health Research Institute, member of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute, and a faculty fellow of the Stanford ChEM-H. He was appointed as the chair of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2008. Barres authored or co-authored over ...

Neuroscientist Ben Barres has died | Hacker News

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16 hours ago - “died on Dec. 27, 20 months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 63.” A form of cancer where we have made almost zero progress. What's it going to take to get more research? It has already been 10 years: https://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/ · reply ...

Neuroscientist Ben Barres has died | Hacker News

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16 hours ago - Prior to his insights, glia were just thought to be little more than structural support and insulation for neurons. The truth of course is so much more interesting. Baruch dayan emet. reply · leemailll 1 hour ago [-]. The best know transgender scientist. reply · melling 1 hour ago [-]. “died on Dec. 27, 20 months ...

Neuroscientist and Champion of Glia Research Dies | The Scientist ...

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5 hours ago - Ben Barres of Stanford University described glia's roles in ensuring neurons' proper synapse formation and in responding to brain injury.

Ben Barres: Trans pioneer who helped uncover how the brain is wired ...

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2 hours ago - Faced with a decision of choosing between identity and career, Ben Barres stuck to his identity. Lucky for everyone, he was ... He made my life possible as a #transgender neuroscientist. He was funny and matter of fact ... Neuroscientist Ben Barres dies at 63 https://t.co/3TvNsEdOJi. — E. Kale Edmiston PhD ...

Ben Barress, M.D., Ph. D.

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Ben Barres, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neurobiology and Developmental Biology Stanford University ... Dr. Barres presently serves on the editorial boards of several leading journals including Neuron, the Journal of Neuroscience, and Development. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Neuroscientists You Should Know: Ben Barres - YouTube

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Charlie Blotner on Twitter: "Neuroscientist Ben Barres, PhD has died ...

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1 day ago - Charlie Blotner · @CBlotner_. Let's talk gender and health. MSW student at @uwsocialwork. @StanfordMedX Student Advisor. Co-moderator of #btsm chats. (they/he). Seattle, WA. genderqueer.me/transgender-pa… Joined March 2012 ...

Ben Barres PhD | Gender Bias Learning Project

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Ben Barres, PhD. Professor of Neurobiology, and Chair of the Department of Neurobiology Stanford University School of Medicine. I was born a woman. Thirteen years ago, at the age of 40, I decided to change my sex. I did this not to gain any male advantage, but rather, because of a lifelong gender identity confusion.

ben barres neuroscientist and gender identity leader passes away at 63

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Ben A. Barres is an American neurobiologist at Stanford University. His research focuses on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Since 2008, he has been Chair of the Neurobiology Department at Stanford University School of Medicine. He transitioned to male in 1997, and became the first ...

Transgender neurobiologist Ben Barres... - Neuroscience News and ...

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Transgender neurobiologist Ben Barres describes his journey in science how he changed his life at age 42.

Ben Barres on Beauty and Curiosity in Science Video | Technology ...

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Prof. Ben Barres passed away on December 27, 2017. A pioneering neuroscientist, Prof. Barres' research ...

Gender: Psychological Perspectives, Seventh Edition

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Linda Brannon - 2016 - ‎FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Neuroscientist Ben Barres (2006) responded to Summers's remarks by questioning if a scientist's gender matters. Barres (2006) contended that discrimination is widespread in science, but neither men nor women want to believe that the practice is common. People prefer to believe that evaluations are unbiased and that ...

QnAs with Ben Barres

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Aug 18, 2015 - Ben Barres, a neuroscientist at Stanford University and the first transgendered researcher to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences, has devoted a distinguished career to solving what he eloquently puts as “the mystery and magic of glia.” Over the years, Barres' pursuit has helped redefine the ...

What Do Reactive Astrocytes Do? • iBiology

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Dr. Ben Barres is a professor at the Neuroscience department at Stanford School of Medicine. Barres earned his BA in biology from MIT, and completed a medical degree at Dartmouth Medical School. He continued his medical training as a neuroscience resident at Cornell University, completed his PhD in Neuroscience at ...

The Brain of Ben Barres | DiscoverMagazine.com

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Aug 7, 2017 - A model of Ben Barres' brain sits on the windowsill behind his desk at Stanford University School of Medicine. To a casual observer, ..... In November, he was awarded the Ralph W. Gerard Prize, the highest honor given by the Society for Neuroscience, which further boosted his spirits. And in January, a ...

Neuroscientist Ben Barres, who identified crucial ... - Saeed Valadbaygi

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Neuroscientist Ben Barres, who identified crucial roles of glial cells, dies at 63. NewsFeed December 28, 2017 No comment. posted on Dec. 28, 2017 at 5:35 am. 0Share. 0View. The Stanford neuroscientist's research focused on the cells in the brain that aren't nerve cells. Collectively called glia, these “other” cells play a ...

Transsexual Ben Barres Stanford Neuroscientist - Blog - Emerging ...

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Ben Barres | The Gruber Foundation

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Current Neuroscience Selection Advisory Board Member. Ben Barres. neuroscience medal. Dr. Barres is Professor of Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, and Neurology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He did his B.S. degree at MIT, M.D. degree at Dartmouth Medical School, his internship and residency in ...

Male Scientist Writes of Life as Female Scientist - Washington Post

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Jul 13, 2006 - Neurobiologist Ben Barres has a unique perspective on former Harvard president Lawrence Summers's assertion that innate differences between the sexes might explain why many fewer women than men reach the highest echelons of science. That's because Barres used to be a woman himself.

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In 2005 he joined Ben Barres' laboratory at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow. ... In 2010 he returned to the University of Melbourne and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health as a senior research fellow to establish a laboratory focusing on the molecular mechanisms of CNS myelination and ...
57 mins ago - <div _ngcontent-c22 innerhtml=". Ben Barres, a neurobiologist at Stanford University's Medical Center, puts on a lab coat in his lab in the university's campus. (Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez). Ben Barres, a neuroscientist who established the importance of glial cells,&nbsp;which comprise 9 in 10 brain cells ...

The History of Neuroscience In Autobiography

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Larry R. Squire - 2006 - ‎Medical
We spent much of the next 15 years trying to determine how the intrinsic mechanism operates. This seemed a worthwhile effort, because we suspected that similar mechanisms probably operate in many types of precursor cells. An important advance in understanding the intrinsic mechanism came from Ben Barres (who was ...

Society for Neuroscience News: Press Release: Ben Barres and ...

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See latest Society for Neuroscience news and information about its competitors and other companies in its sector: Press Release: Ben Barres and Thomas Jessell Receive the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience.

Fishman Professorship Lecture: Ben Barres, PhD - UCSF Events ...

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Ben Barres, MD, PhD is a Professor of Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, and Neurology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He chaired the Department of Neurobiology for eight years ... In 2016 he received the Ralph Gerard Prize from the Society for Neuroscience. Dr. Barres created and directs the Masters of ...

Research Funding in Neuroscience: A Profile of the McKnight ...

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Gabrielle Strobel, ‎Sylvia Lindman - 2010 - ‎Science
McKnight awardee Ben Barres is not an AD researcher. He is interested in the development of glial cells, the three-pronged support staff for the neurons. There are astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia. Each of these cell types is thought to play some role in AD, but collectively they receive not nearly as much attention ...

Ben Barres - Nature

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by K Novak - ‎2005
Ask Ben Barres whether women in science are treated fairly. But first make sure you have plenty of time to hear his answer. Barres is a successful and busy neuroscientist at Stanford University, but this is a topic close to his heart. Despite his many responsibilities, he tirelessly champions women and minority scientists, ...

Essays on Neuroscience and Political Theory: Thinking the Body Politic

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F. Vander Valk - 2013 - ‎Political Science
Societies generally privilege persons with male bodies,as is exemplifiedbythe famouscase of Dr.Ben Barres, a femaletomale transgendered person who described howhis work was differently evaluated afterthe sex change (Barres 2006). Hereported thathegained morerespect from malefaculty who went tothe extent ...

Last Minute Stuff - Mourning Ben Barres, The Transgender Scientist ...

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34 mins ago - Mourning Ben Barres, The Transgender Scientist Who Changed Neuroscience Forbes “Ben was a remarkable person. He will be remembered as a brilliant scientist who transformed our understanding of glial cells and as a tireless advocate who promoted equity and diversity at every turn,” said Marc ...

Neurons and Glia: Neuroscience in Action - (canvas.brown.edu).

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Read the following interview with Dr. Ben Barres, a neuroscientist that has been pioneering important work aimed at determining the role of glia in the development of synapses in the immature brain. As you read this article keep in mind the following question: how do these new findings about glia challenge the view that ...

New top story on Hacker News: Neuroscientist Ben Barres has died ...

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Vue HN 2.0 | Neuroscientist Ben Barres has died

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Neuroscientists You Should Know: Ben Barres - Hai Tet

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How many neuroscientists can you name off the top of your head? In this special episode of Neuro Transmissions, we're taking a moment to talk about a very awesome neuroscientist. Dr. Ben Barres is a.

This Week in Science Policy and Advocacy - Society for Neuroscience

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Sep 1, 2017 - In this op-ed, Dr. Ben Barres, neurobiology professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, argues that post docs should be allowed to take research projects with them when they start their own lab. Barres argues that not allowing post docs to take projects with them harms science and suggests that ...

Report from Neuroscience 2016 - Blog - Reeve Foundation

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Dec 1, 2016 - First, a tribute. Ben Barres, Ph.D., a Stanford biologist whose lab is one of the seven in the Reeve International Research Consortium on Spinal Cord Injury, received SFN's highest honor, the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience. Thomas Jessell, Ph.D., from Columbia University, was also recognized; ...

Ben Barres Is An Amazing Neuroscientist. And For Him, Gender ...

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/r/neuro, involving neuroscience: Discussion and news pertaining to neurobiology, cognitive studies, clinical neuroscience, the laboratory, and anything else related. Feel free to check out: cogsci · biology · neurophilosophy · neuropsychology · psychopharmacology. See also the full list of Psych/Cog/Neuro ...

Ben Barres - IPFS

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Ben A. Barres (born Barbara Barres, in 1955) is an American neurobiologist at Stanford University. His research focuses on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Since 2008, he has been Chair of the Neurobiology department at Stanford University School of Medicine. He transitioned to ...

Neuroscientist Ben Barres, who identified crucial ... - RIP - Trendolizer

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16 hours ago - The Stanford neuroscientist's research focused on the cells in the brain that aren't nerve cells. Collectively called glia, these “other” cells play a central role in sculpting and maintaining the brain's wiring diagram. (via: trendolizer.com)

Pride in Science: Ben Barres, Astrocytes, and Activism

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Jun 13, 2017 - The renowned neurobiologist Ben Barres was an undergraduate at MIT, attended Dartmouth Medical School, and earned a PhD from Harvard. He once served as Chief Resident in neurology at Cornell University and has been the Chairman of Neuroscience at Stanford for the past nine years. Now that's a ...

Ben Barres and Thomas Jessell Receive the Ralph W. Gerard Prize ...

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WASHINGTON, DC — The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will present its highest award, the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, to Ben Barres, PhD, of Stanford University, and Thomas Jessell, PhD, of Columbia University. Barres and Jessell will share the $25,000 prize which will be awarded during Neuroscience ...

He, Once a She, Offers Own View On Science Spat - WSJ

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Jul 13, 2006 - Ben Barres, a professor of neurobiology at Stanford University, has a unique perspective on why women are so rare at the highest levels of academic ... The biggest recent revolution in neuroscience has been the discovery of the brain's "plasticity," or ability to change structure and function in response to ...

Mourning Ben Barres, The Transgender Scientist Who Changed N ...

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1 hour ago - ... understanding of glial cells and as a tireless advocate who promoted equity and diversity at every turn,” said Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD, president of Stanford University. https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/12/28/mourning-ben-barres-the-transgender-scientist-who-changed-neuroscience/ ...

The Rogue Immune Cells That Wreck the Brain - MIT Technology ...

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Apr 4, 2016 - When she gazed into a microscope and saw these ubiquitous cells with their spidery tentacles, she did what most neuroscientists had been doing for ... Along with her frequent collaborator and mentor, Stanford biologist Ben Barres, and a growing cadre of other scientists, Stevens, 45, is showing that these ...

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How are you different from the rest of the scientific community? Until recently, I only knew of one other trans neuroscientist and that was Ben Barres at Stanford, so I guess that makes me pretty different. The honesty with which Ben lived his life and talked about his experiences was inspiring and made it easier for me to come ...

This woman may know a secret to saving the brain's synapses - Science

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Aug 18, 2016 - Stevens, along with her mentor at Stanford, Ben Barres, had proposed that brain cells called microglia prune neuronal connections during embryonic and later ... “She's like a four-shot espresso,” says Cagla Eroglu, a neuroscientist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who met Stevens at Stanford, ...
19 hours ago - Neuroscientist Ben Barres, who identified crucial roles of glial cells, dies at 63. The Stanford neuroscientist's research focused on the cells in the brain that aren't nerve cells. Collectively called glia, these “other” cells play a central role in sculpting and maintaining the brain's wiring diagram. Read on the ...

Ben Barres Glial Detective - BrainFacts.org

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Feb 27, 2013 - Ben Barres was practicing neurology when he made the decision to return to school for his PhD. Barres wanted to be at the forefront of research aimed at improving the lives of patients with neurological disease. For the past 30 years, Barres, now a neuroscientist at Stanford University, has studied the role ...

Collection - The Brain Series - Gender Identity — Charlie Rose

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Jun 18, 2015 - A discussion of gender identity and the brain with neurobiologist and transgender man Ben Barres and a panel of experts.

Neuroscientist, once a woman, says he saw gender bias firsthand ...

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Jul 13, 2006 - PALO ALTO, Calif. -- After Stanford neuroscientist Ben A. Barres gave a talk at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Mass., some years back, a colleague is said to have overheard another scientist remarking that ``Ben Barres gave a great seminar today, but then his work is much better than his sister's."

Glia: Ben A. Barres: 9781621820277: Neuroscience: Amazon Canada

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Sexist Science? - The New Atlantis

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The journal apparently believed that Barres, a Stanford neuroscientist, had an unusually valuable perspective on the differences between men and women in professional science: Ben Barres used to be Barbara Barres, until sex-reassignment surgery a decade ago. Barres criticizes not just Summers, but also scientists ...

Ben A Barres: Former F1000Prime Section Head in Neuronal & Glial ...

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Neuroscience · Behavioral Neuroscience · Cognitive Neuroscience · Motor Systems · Neurobiology of Disease & Regeneration · Neurodevelopment · Neuronal & Glial Cell Biology · Neuronal Signaling Mechanisms · Sensory Systems · Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience. Related Sections: Neural Homeostasis ...

Neuroscientist Ben Barres, who identified indispensable roles of glial ...

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15 hours ago - “Ben positioned a large profession bet on the probability that there modified into as soon as gold in glia,” stated neurobiology professor William Newsome, PhD, the Vincent V. C. Woo Director of the Stanford Neurosciences Institute. “And he began by fixing a large voice: No one had been in a position to ...

Ben Barres - Semantic Scholar

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Ben Barres http://cap.stanford.edu/profiles/Ben_Barres/. Page 6 of 12. • Rbfox proteins regulate alternative splicing of neuronal sodium channel SCN8A MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE. O'Brien, J. E., Drews, V. L., Jones, J. M., Dugas, J. C., Barres, B. A., Meisler, M. H.. 2012; 49 (2): 120-126. • A novel role ...

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Shane gained his Bachelors of Science (Hons) and Biomedical Science from the University of Melbourne, Australia, majoring in Neuroscience and Anatomy & Cell Biology. ... As a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Ben Barres at Stanford University his research focused on astrocytes, the major glial subtype in the brain.

Dr. Ben Barres Knows That Misogyny in the Sciences Is Real ...

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Aug 7, 2012 - Dr. Ben Barres studies and teaches neurobiology at Stanford, with a focus on neuron-glial interactions in the development of the central nervous system. He graduated from MIT back when he was presenting as Barbara Barres, a period of his life he has no problem with speaking about publicly because he ...

Stanford spinout takes new angle against Alzheimer's, MS, other ...

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Aug 13, 2013 - Annexon Inc., started two years ago by Stanford neurobiology professor Dr. Ben Barres and Rinat Neuroscience founder Arnon Rosenthal, already has interest from potential Big Pharma partners. Now it has further proof from work in Barres' Stanford lab that a protein called C1q, which initiates an immune ...

The Oldest Mini-Brains Have Lifelike Young Cells | Quanta Magazine

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Aug 29, 2017 - Sergiu Paşca, a neuroscientist at Stanford University, wants psychiatry to experience the same kind of revolution. Yet the brain presents an ... A couple of years ago, Paşca teamed up with his Stanford colleague Ben Barres to see what organoids might reveal about astrocyte development. Barres' laboratory ...

ben barres | NeuWrite San Diego

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posted by megkirch. Every May, the UCSD Neurosciences Graduate Program gathers students and faculty at a conference center on beautiful Lake Arrowhead for a weekend retreat of science and socialization. This spring, our keynote research speaker was Dr. Ben Barres of Stanford University. After a successful first day, ...

Neurotree - Ben A. Barres Family Tree

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Neurotree: academic genealogy for Ben Barres, Stanford University.

Thomas M. Jessell Wins Top Prize from the Society for Neuroscience ...

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Nov 17, 2016 - Dr. Jessell shares the $25,000 Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience with Ben Barres, PhD, a Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. “This award recognizes career-long excellence and dedication by researchers who are fundamentally shaping the field's understanding and ...

8/10/09: Ben Barres, MD, PhD to speak at Pierre Morell Research ...

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Home › About Us › News Archives › Center News › 8/10/09: Ben Barres, MD, PhD to speak at Pierre Morell Research Day on August 28th. About Us · News Archives · Neuroscience Center's Spencer Smith, PhD makes important discovery reported in Nature · Bryan Roth gives a Special Lecture at the Society for ...

Myelin Repair Foundation: Research Consortium

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Ben Emery, Ph.D. Dr. Ben Emery is Assistant Professor at the Jungers Center for Neurosciences Research, Oregon Health and Science University. He obtained his B.Sci. and Ph.D. at the University of Melbourne before joining Dr. Ben Barres at Stanford University in 2005. While at Stanford University Dr. Emery was involved ...

Neuroscientists to be honored at 2016 Gill Symposium for recasting ...

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Sep 7, 2016 - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Two prominent neurobiologists will be honored Sept. 12 at Indiana University Bloomington for their groundbreaking work on glial cells in the brain. Ben Barres of Stanford University School of Medicine and Beth Stevens of Harvard University Medical School will be recognized during ...

Dismissing 'Sexist Opinions' About Women's Place in Science - The ...

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Jul 18, 2006 - A. I think all transgendered people and gay people are aware from childhood that something is going on. But I thought I would be a chemist or an engineer. It was when I took a course from a fabulous neuroscientist that I just got interested in understanding the brain and how disease affected the brain.

RIP, Dr. Barres - Daily Kos

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41 mins ago - Dr. Ben Barres, Stanford neuroscientist who established the importance of glial cells, died of pancreatic cancer yesterday. Ben was a remarkable person. He will be remembered as a brilliant scientist who transformed our understanding of glial cells and as a tireless advocate who promoted equity and ...

Founders of Annexon Biosciences

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Annexon was established in 2011 based on discoveries by co-founder, Dr. Ben Barres, Chair of Neurobiology, Stanford University, that revealed the role of the classical ... Dr. Rosenthal is co-founder of Rinat Neuroscience, a privately-held company that discovered and developed novel medicines for neurodegenerative, ...

Neuron-glia signaling in developing retina mediated by ... - NCBI - NIH

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Aug 14, 2015 - Neuron-glia interactions play a critical role in the maturation of neural circuits; however, little is known about the pathways that mediate their communication in the developing CNS. We investigated neuron-glia signaling in the developing retina, where we demonstrate that retinal waves reliably induce ...

Top Neurologists Urge Obama: Map the Other Brain!

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Sep 19, 2013 - President Obama's famous BRAIN mapping initiative is only a 1/15th-of-a-brain initiative, says top NIH neuroscientist Douglas Fields and a growing ... of huge significance for understanding both normal and abnormal brain function,” said another field pioneer, Stanford University neurologist Ben Barres.

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May 12, 2017 - Previous studies from the lab of Dr. Ben Barres at Stanford University School of Medicine characterized two different types of reactive astrocytes they termed A1 and A2. A1 astrocytes, which are induced by injury, neuroinflammation, and neurodegenerative disease, produce proinflammatory molecules.

Northeastern alumna, a pioneering neuroscientist, named MacArthur ...

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Nov 13, 2015 - But Beth Stevens, a Northeastern alumna and pioneering neuroscientist, has spent much of her career studying glia, the non-neuronal cells that comprise ... That work continued while she earned her doctorate and worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Ben Barres at Stanford University, and then at Boston ...

Neuro Nonsense - PLOS

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by BA Barres - ‎2010 - ‎Related articles
Dec 14, 2010 - As one example, Fine tracked down every neuroscience study that Brizendine claimed showed that the female brain was wired to emphathize and found frequent deployment of ... A seminar at Harvard UniversityAvailable: http://www.memdir.org/video/ben-barres-dearth-of-women-in-science.html. Accessed ...

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Location & Contact. Contact Info Ben Barres Chair Stanford, CA 94305-9991. Phone: 650-723-3231. Contact Info Ben Barres Chair Stanford, CA 94305-9991. Phone: 650-723-3231 ...

MilliporeSigma Neuroscience Discovery Grant Program | Sigma-Aldrich

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Kevin Guttenplan Laboratory of Ben Barres, PhD at Stanford University Stanford University Study focus: I study how and why neurons die in disease. Specifically, I want to understand how astrocytes, the most numerous glial cells in the brain, may actively kill neurons as a part of the brain's inflammatory response.
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Sep 5, 2012 - We are indebted to Anna Friedhuber for processing samples for TEM and to Ben Barres and David Lyons for constructive criticism of this manuscript during preparation. Correspondence should be addressed to Ben Emery, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and Florey Neuroscience Institutes, ...

Topic: Ben Barres Phd Thesis – 395391 | IAP Kerala

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In this Stanford Neuroscience PhD Program Faculty Interests Our Training Faculty are 124 highly distinguished scientists who have made fundamental discoveries in all areas of thesis committee Ben Barres, PhDGabriela Monsalve, PhD | Professional ProfileView Gabriela Monsalve, PhD'S Dr. Ben Barres has program aims ...

Ben Barres - Monopedia - HyPer

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ref> After delivering his first seminar as a man, one scientist was overheard to comment, “Ben Barres gave a great seminar today, but his work is much better ... <ref name=trans/> Along with Tom Jessell, he was awarded the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2016 conference in San ...

Welcome New Faculty! | Columbia University Department of Neurology

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The Department of Neurology welcomes Dr. Kelly Janke as assistant professor of neuropsychology at CUMC in the Divisions of Cognitive Neuroscience and Child ... He subsequently continued his training in Neuroscience in the laboratory of Dr. Ben Barres at Stanford University, where he investigated the mechanisms of ...

Discover September 2017 - My Science Shop

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High Consequences By Jeff Wheelwright Toxins from illegal pot farms threaten the ecosystems of California's forests. A dedicated group of researchers is sounding the alarm. The Brain of Ben Barres By Kenneth Miller After a career of breakthroughs, a neuroscientist is poised to change how we treat Alzheimer's, multiple ...

Ye Zhang — Ye Zhang Lab @UCLA

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After obtaining her Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2009, Ye followed her graduate mentor's advice of “don't do fashionable science” and decided to study a cell type that most neuroscientists ignore, the glia cells. She moved to Stanford University to join the laboratory of Dr Ben Barres, a pioneer in glia research. At Stanford, she ...

Brain's "Helper" Cells Turn Toxic in Injury and Disease - Scientific ...

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Jan 19, 2017 - The results of the new study build on earlier work from the laboratory of neurobiologist Ben Barres at Stanford University, which isolated reactive ... In the Nature study, led by Stanford neuroscientist Shane Liddelow, a postdoctoral fellow in Barres's lab, the researchers induced brain inflammation in normal, ...

SnapShot: Astrocytes in Health and Disease: Cell

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by S Liddelow - ‎2015 - ‎Cited by 18 - ‎Related articles
Reviews Journals: Trends In... Biochemical Sciences · Biotechnology · Cancer · Cell Biology · Cognitive Sciences · Ecology & Evolution · Endocrinology & Metabolism · Genetics · Immunology · Microbiology · Molecular Medicine · Neurosciences · Parasitology · Pharmacological Sciences · Plant Science ...

Lab-Grown Brain Balls Are Starting to Look More Lifelike | WIRED

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Sep 3, 2017 - Sergiu Paşca, a neuroscientist at Stanford University, wants psychiatry to experience the same kind of revolution. Yet the brain presents an ... A couple of years ago, Paşca teamed up with his Stanford colleague Ben Barres to see what organoids might reveal about astrocyte development. Barres' laboratory ...

MINS Seminar Series - University of Pennsylvania

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Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 Neuroscience Colloquium Series. presented by. MAHONEY INSTITUTE for NEUROSCIENCES The Behavioral ... Ben Barres Stanford. “What do reactive astrocytes do?” Mar 2. Nicholas Ryba NIH. Mar 9. Beatrice Luna University of Pittsburgh. Mar 16. Salvatore Aglioti Sapienza University of ...

Two other articles of Interest from Dr. Ben Barres - Ninja club

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May 2, 2014 - Dr. Ben Barres is Professor and Chair of Neurobiology at Stanford University. In addition to the Nature article on astrocytes from Dec 2013 that we are discussing, there are two other articles that may be of interest. One is a commentary piece published in Nature on the role of gender in science. Here is the ...

[PDF]MIT Report Finds 'Breakdown' In Neuroscience ... - Andrew Lawler

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Mar 12, 2012 - Ben Barres, an MIT alumnus and. Stanford University neuroscientist, shares. Hopkins's concerns that the incident will scare off potential recruits and that an advi- sory panel could prove toothless. “I am dismayed that MIT has essentially done nothing in response to the McGovern-. Picower situation,” he says ...

eLife welcomes 41 new editors in 13 subject areas | Inside eLife | eLife

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Aug 5, 2015 - Ben Barres. Stanford School of Medicine, USA. Neuroscience. Hugo Bellen. HHMI, Baylor College of Medicine, USA. Neuroscience. Upinder Bhalla. National Centre for Biological Sciences, India. Neuroscience. Emery Brown. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Neuroscience. Constance Cepko.

Revista Galileu - NOTÍCIAS - Ben ou Barbara?

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Reencontrei Barres, agora Ben, no ano passado, 15 anos depois daquele seminário em Cleveland, desta vez como um dos prestigiosos palestrantes da reunião anual da Society for Neuroscience, em Chicago. Ben Barres agora está claramente à vontade em sua pele: um homem de estatura mediana, nem magro nem ...

Brad Zuchero | Professional Profile - LinkedIn

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Glia are a frontier of neuroscience, and overwhelming evidence from the last decade shows that they are essential regulators of all aspects of the nervous system. ... Ben Barres lab. Activities and Societies: Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Career Transition ...

thesis research - Thesis | Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience ...

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For advice on picking a graduate advisor, click here for Ben Barres' editorial in Neuron. Thesis Advisory Committee. This is formed in the third year and includes at least three IPN faculty members with expertise in areas relevant to the student's research and an established scientist from another institution. The outside thesis ...

Toxic Brain Cells May Drive Many ... - Neuroscience News

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A study describing the findings will be published online Jan. 18 in Nature. “We've learned astrocytes aren't always the good guys,” said the study's senior author, Ben Barres, MD, PhD, professor of neurobiology, of developmental biology and of neurology and neurological sciences. “An aberrant version of them turns up in ...

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Exciting results from across neuroscience presented at the McKnight ...

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Jul 1, 2015 - The McKnight Foundation has been a big supporter of neuroscience in recent years and holds an annual meeting for recipients of their awards. ... Exciting results from across neuroscience presented at the McKnight Foundation Neuroscience Meeting ... Hearing about recent work from Ben Barres's lab.

Advanced Techniques in Molecular Neuroscience - Courses

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ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE June 30 -July 16, 2015. Application Deadline: March 31, 2015. Instructors: Cary Lai, University of Indiana Joseph Loturco, University of Connecticut Anne Schaefer, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital. See the roll of honor - who's taken the course ...

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