comparing the carlow story with that of rita roche - montalcini , an italian national laureate who turned 100 previous wednesday . she nevertheless attend for work last day at the italian brain science institute in rome , which she started . she was appointed a senator for italy in 2001 , and in 2006 , age 97 , she attended the opening assembly of the newly formed senate . she takes interest in discussions in the upper house , and in 2004 defended the taught of evolution in italian schools . there is no report of her having claimed a night off because of event commitments . possibly she even manages to sleep perfectly through the rose of donegal without lifting her head from her petri dish .
Rita Levi-Montalcini is a Nobel prize winner.