Levi-Montalcini

American  

[lee-vee-mon-tl-chee-nee, ley-, le-vee-mawn-tahl-chee-nee] / ˈli viˌmɒn tlˈtʃi ni, ˈleɪ-, ˈlɛ viˌmɔn tɑlˈtʃi ni /

noun

1. Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.

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Levi-Montalcini Scientific  

/ lē′vē-mŏn′tl-chē′nē,lĕ′vē-mōn′täl- /

1. Italian-born American developmental biologist who discovered the nerve growth factor (NGF), a bodily substance that stimulates the growth of nerve cells. For this work she shared with American biochemist Stanley Cohen the 1986 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

For us: Nobel laureate and humanitarian Rita Levi-Montalcini, who worked in a home lab when driven out of academia by Mussolini.

From Scientific American • Dec. 11, 2014

The family returned at the close of the war, in 1945, and Dr. Hamburger soon invited Dr. Levi-Montalcini to work for a year in his lab at Washington University.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2012

One of four children, Rita Levi-Montalcini was born in Turin on April 22, 1909, to Adamo Levi, an engineer, and Adele Montalcini, a painter, both Italian Jews who traced their roots to the Roman Empire.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2012

It was Levi-Montalcini who first suggested in 1951 that the signal might come from a growth-stimulating chemical in the cells targeted by the nerves.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Levi-Montalcini, the award assuaged memories of earlier frustrations.

From Time Magazine Archive