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Distinction with a difference: Transgendered neurobiologist picked for National

Started by Natasha, May 09, 2013, 01:23:15 AM

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May 09, 2013, 01:23:15 AM
Distinction with a difference: Transgendered neurobiologist picked for National Academy of Science membership

http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/05/08/distinction-with-a-difference-transgendered-neurobiologist-picked-for-national-academy-of-science-membership/
5/8/13
Bruce Goldman

The National Academy of Sciences recently celebrated its 150th birthday by, among other things, conferring membership on Ben Barres, MD, PhD. Additional NAS admittees from Stanford were sleep scientist Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and bioengineer Steve Quake, PhD.

A distinguished scientist by anybody's yardstick, as well as the chair of Stanford's ironically named neurobiology department, Barres is a leading light in the study of glial cells (collectively known as glia), the 90 percent of all the cells in the brain that aren't nerve cells.
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