Juyun Lim, PhD, Joins Monell Chemical Senses Center to Focus on Sensory Nutrition Research
The Monell Chemical Senses Center welcomes Juyun Lim, PhD, as the newest addition to the faculty at Monell, starting in August, 2024....
16 May, 2024
Press Releases
Beating Back Bitter Taste in Medicine: Monell Center Scientists Discover that Diabetes Drug is Partially Effective as a Bitter Blocker
The diabetes drug rosiglitazone could partially block the bitter taste of some especially bad-tasting medications...
09 April, 2024
Monell Center Neuroscientist Receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Collaborative Pairs Project Award
Kevin Bolding, PhD, Assistant Member at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, and his colleague, Professor Olivier Pertz, PhD, from the Institute of Cell Biology/University of Bern, today received a Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative....
21 February, 2024
Monell Center Study: New Gut-Brain Circuits Found for Sugar and Fat Cravings
Results reveal a “one-two punch” to the brain's reward system, possibly impeding dieting efforts....
18 January, 2024
City of Philadelphia Recognizes Monell Chemical Senses Center with Proclamation of November 2023 Smell and Taste Testing Month
The Monell Chemical Senses Center today was recognized by the City Council of Philadelphia for its groundbreaking smell and taste research and public health contributions with a resolution declaring November 2023 as Smell and Taste Testing Month in Philadelphia....
02 November, 2023
Monell Researchers Quantify Changes in Odor Signaling as Two Nasal Nerve Systems Interact
Such early processing of olfactory signals is a result of interactions between olfactory receptor neurons and the neighboring trigeminal neurons....
24 October, 2023
Monell Center Team Discovers Markers that Can Predict How Children Will Tolerate Sweetened Medicine
Children can find liquid medication too hard to swallow, or so sweet they’ll take more than they need. Genetic markers could predict these taste reactions....
13 September, 2023
A Step Closer to Digitizing the Sense of Smell: Monell Center, Osmo Model Describes Odors Better than Human Panelists
This collaboration moves the world closer to digitizing odors to be recorded and reproduced....
31 August, 2023
Monell Center Helps Discover Epigenetic Mechanism that Causes Bitter Taste Distortion
Using a gene mapping tool, researchers show how different taste cells are affected by inflammation...
04 August, 2023
International Study Shows that Taste, Independent of Smell, is Also Significantly Diminished in Patients with COVID-19
The study demonstrated that taste, independent of smell, is also greatly impacted by COVID-19...
02 August, 2023