| Date of Birth | 22-April-1909 | |
| Place of Birth |
Turin (Province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy) |
|
| Nationality | Italy, United States of America | |
| Profession | Scientist | |
| Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of nerve growth factor. Also, from 2001, until her death, she served in the Italian Senate as a Senator for Life. Rita Levi-Montalcini had been the oldest living Nobel laureate and the first ever to reach a 100th birthday. On 22 April 2009, she was feted with a 100th birthday party at Rome's city hall. | ||
Awards by Rita Levi-Montalcini |
||||
| Check all the awards nominated and won by Rita Levi-Montalcini. | ||||
1987
|
||||
1986
|
||||
|
