Ben Barres: Neurobiologist, Glia Researcher, and Advocate Ben Barres Ben Barres (1954–2017) was a Stanford neurobiologist known for discoveries about glial cells, leadership in neurobiology, and advocacy for transgender and gender-equality issues in…
Susumu Tonegawa — Nobel-winning immunologist and neuroscientist Susumu Tonegawa Japanese-born molecular biologist Susumu Tonegawa won the 1987 Nobel Prize for discovering how immune-system genes rearrange to produce antibody diversity and later studied memory.
