DiscoverThe Silenced Women of STEMEpisode 16: Rita Levi - Montalcini - Rats in Rio, Amputated Chickens, and a Bedroom Laboratory
Episode 16: Rita Levi - Montalcini - Rats in Rio, Amputated Chickens, and a Bedroom Laboratory

Episode 16: Rita Levi - Montalcini - Rats in Rio, Amputated Chickens, and a Bedroom Laboratory

Update: 2025-09-25
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Rita Levi - Montalcini created an entire laboratory in her bedroom when she was banned from her lab, she discovered a protein that changed how neuroscience is done, and won a noble prize all after surviving World War II. This is her story.

Sources:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10014200/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11490299/

https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/women-who-changed-science/rita-levi-montalcini/

https://civilrights.ku.edu/rita-levi-montalcini-md

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Episode 16: Rita Levi - Montalcini - Rats in Rio, Amputated Chickens, and a Bedroom Laboratory

Episode 16: Rita Levi - Montalcini - Rats in Rio, Amputated Chickens, and a Bedroom Laboratory