Rita Levi-Montalcini#

• 2002- present, President, European Brain Research Institute
• 2001 - Senator for Life of the Italian Republic
• 1992- present, President, Levi-Montalcini Foundation
• 1993-1998 President, Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia, Treccani
• 1989-1995 Super-expert, Institute of Neurobiology, CNR, Rome
• 1979-1989 Full-time Researcher as Guest Professor, Cellular Biology Laboratory, CNR, Rome
• 1969-1979 Director of the Cellular Biology Laboratory, CNR, Rome
• 1961-1969 Director of the Neurobiology Research Center, National Research Council (CNR), Rome (research programs associated with the Institute of Biology, Washington University, St Louis, USA
• 1958-1977 Professor of Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, USA
• 1956-1958 Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, USA
• 1947-1956 Research Associate, Institute of Zoology, Washington University, St.Louis, Missouri, USA
• 1945-1947 Assistant Professor of Anatomy, University of Turin

• role of nerve growth factor (NGF) in the differentiation and function of nerve cells in the central and peripheral nervous system
• role of nerve growth factor (NGF) in immune and endocrine cell lines
• role of nerve growth factor (NGF) in autoimmune diseases

• 2009 Premio "Leonardo alla Carriera" from the President of the Italian Republic
• 2002 Gold Medal "Science and Culture" from the President of the Italian Republic
• 2001 Senator for Life of Italy
• 1987 US National Medal of Science
• 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
• 1986 Lasker Award
• 1985 R. Gerard Neuroscience Award
• 1983 Horwitz Award
• 1982 Lewis Rosensteil Award
• 1981 Schmitt Award
• 1974 William Thomas Wakeman Award
• 1979 St- Vincent Award
• 1968 Feltrinelli Award
• 1962 Max Weinstein Award

Curriculum Vitae

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