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Episode 006 - Rita Levi-Montalcini | Neurobiologist

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Alternate Title: NERVE-ana: In Utero

Emma tells Emlyn about the Italian neurobiologist and nobel laureate, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Emlyn tells Emma about the mathematical rules of living cells and about males that choose very, very bad mates. 

 

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Main Story - Rita Levi Montalcini  

  1. Biography in Treccani http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/rita-levi-montalcini_(Dizionario-Biografico)/
  • Biography in Neurological Sciences https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-013-1303-2
  • Obituary: https://source.wustl.edu/2013/01/obituary-nobel-laureate-rita-levimontalcini/
  • Biography in Trends in Cell Biology  https://www.cell.com/trends/cell-biology/fulltext/S0962-8924(04)00143-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0962892404001436%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
  • Biography in Nature https://www.nature.com/news/2009/090401/full/458564a.html



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    Shoutout #1

    1. Robyn P. Araujo, Lance A. Liotta. The topological requirements for robust perfect adaptation in networks of any size. Nature Communications, 2018; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04151-6
  • Queensland University of Technology. "Math sheds light on how living cells 'think'." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 May 2018. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180502094636.htm

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    Shoutout #2

    1. Shevy Waner, Uzi Motro, Yael Lubin, Ally R. Harari. Male mate choice in a sexually cannibalistic widow spider. Animal Behaviour, 2018; 137: 189 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.016
  • American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. "Brown widow male spiders prefer sex with older females likely to eat them afterwards." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 April 2018. .
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