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Ben Barres

PROFESSOR
NEUROBIOLOGY
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America

Biography

He is a Professor of Neurobiology. He is a Member of Bio-X and Child Health Research Institute and Faculty Fellow of Stanford ChEM-H.He is a Member of Stanford Neurosciences Institute. He is a Chair of Stanford University School of Medicine - Neurobiology (2008 - Present).He is interested in the development and function of glial cells in the mammalian central nervous system. To understand the interactions between neurons and glial cells we have developed methods to highly purify and culture retinal ganglion cells (neurons) as well as the glial cell types they interact with, oligodendrocytes and astrocytes, from the rodent optic nerve.

Research Interest

The development and function of glial cells in the mammalian central nervous system.

Publications

  • Yoder JB, Mattheis A. Queer in STEM: Workplace experiences reported in a national survey of LGBTQA individuals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Journal of homosexuality. 2016 Jan 2;63(1):1-27.

  • Harterink M, da Silva ME, Will L, Turan J, Ibrahim A, Lang AE, van Battum EY, Pasterkamp RJ, Kapitein LC, Kudryashov D, Barres BA. DeActs: genetically encoded tools for perturbing the actin cytoskeleton in single cells. Nature Methods. 2017 May 1;14(5):479-82.

  • Bohlen CJ, Bennett FC, Tucker AF, Collins HY, Mulinyawe SB, Barres BA. Diverse Requirements for Microglial Survival, Specification, and Function Revealed by Defined-Medium Cultures. Neuron. 2017 May 17;94(4):759-73.

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