# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-barres
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:58:08.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-barres"
name: "Ben Barres"
slug: "ben-barres"
description: "Benjamin Barres was an American neurobiologist at Stanford University. His research focused on the interaction between neurons and glial cells in the nervous system. Beginning in 2008, he was chair of the Neurobiology Department at Stanford University School of Medicine. He transitioned to male in 1997, and became the first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences in 2013. Barres is also known for his pioneering activism for equal opportunity in science, often citing his experiences as both a male and female scientist."
tagline: "American neurobiologist (1954–2017)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1954-09-13"
deathDate: "2017-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump