Ben Barres - I like myself now (7/21)

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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Ben A Barres (born Barbara Barres in 1954, 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; date recorded: 2000]

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