My Pandemic Summer Learning New Skills

Photos and story by Riley Harriman, summer intern in the Reed lab and senior at Wake Forest pursuing a major in biology and minors in chemistry and entrepreneurship. Riley helped compile a review of Covid-19 smell loss and describes his…

Monell at the 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show

It has been almost five months since Monell’s extraordinary nine days at the 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show with our Université Côte d’Azur (UCA) collaborators – the culmination of a two-year-old desire to collaborate. When they say it takes a village…

Amber Alhadeff: Sensing Nutritional Health

Amber Alhadeff, PhD

Monell’s newest faculty member brings the power of neuroscience to a pressing question: Why do we overeat? You could say that Amber Alhadeff, PhD, has a gut feeling about her new appointment to Monell’s faculty. Alhadeff, a behavioral neurobiologist who…

Meet the Postdocs: Part 3

Drs. Spencer and Bell

Welcome to the third installment of our series on Monell’s postdoctoral fellows. We persuaded two more postdocs to put down their work for a few minutes to talk with us about everything from food to Philadelphia’s winter weather. Click here…

Fighting Bitter, Saving Children’s Lives

Medicine Only Works If You Take It Using a potentially transformative approach that combines cell-based taste biology with human sensory science, Monell scientists believe they can help solve a deadly problem. Over two million people in the developing world –…

John Tran – Thank You

For decades, John Tran led Monell’s finance department and served as a crucial administrator. Following John’s retirement last year, we asked current and past Monellians to share their thoughts on “Mr. Tran”. Here’s what we got in response: But individual…

Monell 50th Anniversary Events

During one magical week in November 2018, we celebrated Monell’s 50th Anniversary with a series of exciting events, and we’d like to share some of the photos with you. Scroll and enjoy the three slideshows below! Identifying Treatments for Taste…