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Neuroscientist Ben Barres has died

by alexholehouse on 12/28/17, 2:54 AM with 12 comments

• by davidkuhta on 12/28/17, 3:46 AM

  > “If you took the Barres lab out of the field of glial studies, there would be no field,” Raff said.

  The highest of compliments. RIP

• by jdpigeon on 12/28/17, 6:09 AM

  In addition to being an incredibly productive, paradigm-shifting scientist, Dr. Barres was also honest and down to earth about the realities of the field. I'd recommend anyone going in to any type of graduate study to read his essay on how to choose na graduate advisor: http://www.cell.com/neuron/abstract/S0896-6273(13)00907-0

• by GuiA on 12/28/17, 5:32 AM

  I quit academia, frustrated at how bureaucratic it was and how impossible it seemed to become a Great Scientist. Very inspiring to read about the lives of those who make it against all odds.

  May the work and memory of Ben Barres carry the next generations of scientists.

• by melling on 12/28/17, 3:35 AM

  “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/

• by leemailll on 12/28/17, 4:03 AM

  The best know transgender scientist