“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi” We rely on our chemical senses – smell, taste, and chemical feel – to protect us from harm. Smell…
On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the Monell Center officially rededicated Face Fragment, the sculpture that lives outside our main building on Market Street. It was an opportunity to celebrate the statue’s recent restoration (check out photos and more info here)…
We’re back with another round of questions to challenge your taste and smell knowledge! Fair warning: You may want to read our 2016-2017 Annual Report before you attempt this quiz… Look for this symbol throughout the 2016-2017 Annual Report for…
Luis Saraiva, Monell’s newest adjunct faculty member, practically personifies the Center’s multidisciplinary spirit. His expertise extends across an impressive array of scientific fields, including microbiology, neurophysiology, animal behavior, neurobiology, and genetics. Now he brings skills from each of these areas…
Next year, Monell will celebrate its “golden” anniversary, marking 50 years since we were founded in 1968. Ahead of this milestone, we recently celebrated another “golden” event – the statue standing outside our main entrance had its gold finish restored.…
Dreams are the seedlings of realities – James Allen. Most people say they don’t experience smells in their dreams, but Monell’s Joel Mainland is not like most people. Over the past two years, Mainland has spent a fair bit of…
Monell’s mission is to advance scientific knowledge about taste and smell to benefit human health and well-being. We often talk about our researchers’ lab-based discoveries, but our mission clearly states that it’s not enough to simply learn something new. We…
Last year’s quiz was just a warm up! Be warned – this year’s questions are harder, so you may want to read our 2015-2016 Annual Report before you tackle it… Challenge your friends to test their knowledge, too! Use this…
For over 30 years, landmark studies from Julie Mennella, Gary Beauchamp, Beverly Cowart and other Monell researchers have provided significant insights into how infants and children form flavor preferences. With broad implications for children’s health, this foundational work is highly…
Q: What do Mark Chavez, Associate Director of Research Training at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health; Larry Clark, Director of the United States Department of Agriculture National Wildlife Research Center; Jeannine Delwiche, Sensory Manager at the specialty chemical…
