Since 2013, to honour the memory of its founder, Nobel Laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini, EBRI holds the Rita Levi-Montalcini Lecture. The Lecture commemorates the life and legacy of an outstanding woman and scientist whose contributions have had a significant impact in the neurosciences. Distinguished scientists, including many Nobel Laureates, have participated in the event. The Rita Levi-Montalcini Lecture opens a one-day international scientific workshop, which bring together prominent scientists in the specific field of the lecture topic. Since 2014, the event is held in Rome at the prestigious Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the oldest scientific academy worldwide. The Lectures have always been a great success and have seen the participation of young researchers not only from Rome, but from different parts of Italy.

To mark the 110th anniversary of Rita Levi-Montalcini’s birth, EBRI invited three eminent scientists, Prof. Silvia Arber (University of Basel), Prof. Erin Schuman (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt) and Prof. Paola Arlotta (Harvard University), to deliver the 2019 Rita Levi-Montalcini Lecture, as a tribute to Prof. Levi-Montalcini and her efforts to promote women in neurosciences. The event will be held at the prestigious Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome on 28 October 2019.