Skinker DeBaliviere in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Born April 22, 1909
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
1. Rita Levi-Montalcini Marker
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Rita Levi-Montalcini. Born April 22, 1909. In 1938, two years after graduating from the University of Turin, Italian neurobiologist Levi-Montalcini was forced to continue her research in a makeshift bedroom lab because Fascist laws barred Jews from academic careers. In 1946 she came to Washington University in St. Louis, where she made the breakthrough discovery of NGF, a protein associated with nerve growth. She continued research on NGF with Washington University biochemist Stanley Cohen, and the pair won a Nobel Prize in 1986. the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science, Rita Levi-Montalcini worked past her 100th year to advance the understanding and treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.
In 1938, two years after graduating from the University of Turin, Italian neurobiologist Levi-Montalcini was forced to continue her research in a makeshift bedroom lab because Fascist laws barred Jews from academic careers. In 1946 she came to Washington University in St. Louis, where she made the breakthrough discovery of NGF, a protein associated with nerve growth. She continued research on NGF with Washington University biochemist Stanley Cohen, and the pair won a Nobel Prize in 1986. the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science, Rita Levi-Montalcini worked past her 100th year to advance the understanding and treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.
Location. 38° 39.309′ N, 90° 17.847′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Skinker DeBaliviere. Marker is on Delmar Boulevard west of Rosedale Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6136 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63112, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 217 times since then and 42 times this year. Last updated on October 15, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. Photo1. submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
