contrast the galway story with that of rita leone - montalcini , an italian science winner who turned 100 on wednesday . she still attends for work every day at the european brain research institute in rome , which she founded . she was ordained a senator for eternity in 2001 , and in 2006 , elderly 97 , she attended the opener assembly of the newly elected senate . she takes part in discussions in the top house , and in 2004 opposed the textbook of evolution in italian schools . there is no record of her having sought a day off because of no commitments . perhaps she never fails to labour down through the rose of limerick without lifting her head from her petri chef .
Rita Levi-Montalcini is a Nobel prize winner.