Monell Center Scientist Among the 2022 Class of Pew Scholars
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the newest class of the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences....
14 June, 2022
Press Releases
New Survey of Patients, Caregivers, and Family Affected by Smell/Taste Dysfunction Needs Your Help
The Monell Chemical Senses Center, in collaboration with the Smell and Taste Association of North America (STANA) and Jefferson Health, is conducting a survey of people who have experienced smell and/or taste dysfunction, as well as their caregivers and family members. ...
06 April, 2022
Monell Center Researchers Estimate the True Prevalence of COVID-19 Taste Loss
The large meta-analysis advances our understanding of the underrated symptom...
15 February, 2022
Monell-Center-Led Team Receives Patient Engagement Award to Create Research Roadmap on Taste and Smell Disorders
Project is relevant to COVID-induced cases, as well as other taste and smell disorders...
04 February, 2022
Monell Chemical Senses Center Announces Major Grant From The Ambrose Monell Foundation
55 years after its initial contribution, the Monell Foundation makes a transformational investment....
21 January, 2022
Distinct Differences Exist Between Sense of Smell Distortions Associated With COVID-19, Monell Center Researchers Find
Sudden smell and taste loss has become a well-known symptom of COVID-19. However, some people have also woken up to discover that their usual beloved coffee odor has been distorted and now smells like garbage or rotting meat, a condition known as parosmia. Others smell...
13 December, 2021
Monell Center Researcher Awarded the 2021 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Work on Gut-Brain Studies
Amber L. Alhadeff, PhD, an assistant member at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, has been awarded the 2021 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology for her research on how gut-brain connections in the brain influence eating behavior....
29 October, 2021
Novel Sugar Detector System in the Human Mouth has Implications for Designing Tastier, Healthier Beverages and Foods, According to Monell Center Study
A study led by the Monell Chemical Senses Center, published this month in PLOS ONE, identifies a new human sensory ability to detect sugars in the mouth....
18 October, 2021
Monell Scientist Receives Center’s First NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research Grant
(PHILADELPHIA) Amber L. Alhadeff, PhD, an Assistant Member at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, is among the 106 grant recipients of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) High-Risk, High-Reward Research program for 2021. [caption id="attachment_4217" align="alignright" width="400"] Amber Alhadeff, PhD[/caption]Specifically, Alhadeff received an NIH Director’s New...
06 October, 2021
Of Worms, the Sense of Taste, and World Health
What is a cell biologist with a “green thumb” for growing intestinal organoids doing working at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, the oldest free-standing research institute for study of taste and smell? Since 2014, Monell Associate Member Peihua Jiang, PhD has been researching taste-like tuft cells...
10 September, 2021