Ha Nguyen Appointed Monell Center’s Inaugural Carol M. Christensen Fellow
Ha Nguyen, PhD, has been selected as Monell Chemical Senses Center‘s first Christensen Fellow....
01 August, 2023
Press Releases
Federica Genovese Named Monell Center Kare Research Fellow
Federica Genovese, PhD, has been named the Monell Center’s newest Morley R. Kare Fellow....
01 August, 2023
Monell Center Part of Effort Led by Global Pharmaceutical Firm Gilead Sciences to Take the Bitterness Out of Medicines for Kids
PHILADELPHIA (July 13, 2023) – The Monell Chemical Senses Center is an integral member of public-private partnerships led by Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced today to develop investigational pediatric formulations of TAF (tenofovir) and SOF (sofosbuvir) designed to eliminate bitterness in these two drugs. “The goal is...
13 July, 2023
Benjamin P.C. Smith, PhD, Named Director and President of the Monell Center, Taking the Helm at Critical Point in Sensory Science
After an international search, the Board of Directors of the Monell Chemical Senses Center announces that Benjamin P.C. Smith, PhD, Director of the Singapore Future Ready Food Safety Hub, will be the next Monell Director and President....
09 May, 2023
Monell Center Receives Funding for First-of-its-Kind Conference to Establish Universal Chemosensory Testing
The Monell Chemical Senses Center, with colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), The Ohio State University, and University of Florida, has received funding from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to organize a visionary conference titled, “Towards Universal Chemosensory Testing.”...
03 April, 2023
Monell Center Team Discovers Molecular Basis for Alkaline Taste
The sense of taste is among the first to come into contact with food before we ingest it, but whether animals can taste basic or alkaline food and how they do it remained unclear until now....
20 March, 2023
SCENTinel 1.1, Second Iteration of Monell’s Rapid Smell Test, Discriminates Between Smell Loss and Smell Distortions
A research team from Monell Chemical Senses Center recently showed that the smell test SCENTinel 1.1 can successfully discriminate between different types of smell disorders. The recent paper, published in Chemical Senses, also provides evidence that SCENTinel 1.1 is the only direct olfactory test to...
03 March, 2023
Monell Center Scientist Leads Development of New Cell Differentiation Technology
Contact: Ahmed Barakat, abarakat@monell.org Findings describe a more accessible, efficient method to make next-generation therapies targeting neurodegenerative disorders PHILADELPHIA (December 23, 2022) - For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that human taste cells can be reprogrammed into neuron-like cells. The team, led by Hakan Ozdener, MD,...
23 December, 2022
Monell Center Researcher Awarded $1.5 Million from the New York Stem Cell Foundation
PHILADELPHIA (December 21, 2022). Earlier this fall, Amber Alhadeff, PhD, from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, was honored by the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) as part of the 2022 class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, when they welcomed the six outstanding stem cell...
22 December, 2022
Monell Center Recipient of State Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program Grant
Contact: Karen Kreeger, kkreeger@monell.org (PHILADELPHIA) December 21, 2022. The Monell Chemical Senses Center has received $1,000,000 in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funds for the immediate creation of quality jobs for Pennsylvanians. The program – Monell’s first such grant – finances projects that result in employment...
21 December, 2022