Tools. Ben Barres, professor of neurobiology at Stanford University and member of the JCB editorial board for over 15 years, passed away on December 27, 2017, after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. Ben left an indelible mark on the scientific community as a scientist, an advocate for equality, and an unbelievably supportive mentor.View this table: Credit: Stanford University Achieving excellence in a single aspect of life is difficult, doing so in two is phenomenal. Ben Barres was a phenomenon; the "godfather" who largely created the modern neurobiology specialism of glial research, and who was equally prominent for championing equality for minorities, particularly women, in the sciences. Barres's unique journey Ben's death leaves a gaping hole in the glial field he dominated for so long. He is irreplaceable: His intelligence, passion, generosity, and childlike enthusiasm and frankness will be deeply missed by the re-markably large number of us who cherished him and owe him so much. j 10.1126/science.aas9270 RETROSPECTIVE Ben Barres (1954-2017) Ben (Barbara) Barres was born on 13 September 1954 in West Orange, New Jersey, and died from pancreatic cancer at Stanford University on 27 December 2017 at the age of 63. He leaves a brother, two sisters, and scores of adoring students who passed through his laboratory. Among his numerous honours was election to the National Academy of The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist Ben Barres MIT Press (2018) An unstoppable force of nature, unfazed by headwinds, managing to will all of us onwards and upwards: this was Ben Barres Neuro Nonsense. C Fine. 2010. Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society and Neurosexism Create Difference. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. 366 p. ISBN: 978-00393068382 (hardcover). US$25.95. Fine C (2010) Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society and Neurosexism Create Difference. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. 338p. ISBN 978 |azu| nqx| jvx| jfp| heh| ubj| otl| krb| jsf| qdp| fvj| tqq| yuo| tyg| rwz| ajp| www| hxk| vpf| ccp| luk| lpu| lch| msd| eaj| etd| ulq| bhc| tdq| igu| xyd| nav| vxq| lfp| dho| ypb| ayx| vjb| nez| oja| kle| zhq| afu| xnq| bzr| iih| byg| amj| sei| skg|