Ben Barres - What determines gender identity? (6/21)
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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2017 · Science & Technology
To listen to more of Ben Barres’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFz74WZPchYPmr9l5oSBLAAR Ben A Barres (born Barbara Barres in 1955, died in 2017) was an American neurobiologist at Stanford University. He focused his research on neuro-glial interactions in the developing central nervous system. He won many awards for his work in both research and education. Barres, a transsexual man since 1997, challenged the way female scientists are treated differently from male scientists, based on his personal experience of such discrimination. [Listener: Christopher Sykes]
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