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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…

Meet the Postdocs!

In the first of a series on Monell’s hard-working postdoctoral fellows, we managed to pull two young scientists from their labs long enough to talk with us about their research, life at Monell, and how they’re enjoying their time in…

Celebrating Face Fragment

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)…

A Glowing Gold Face for our Golden Anniversary

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.…

The Journey From Wow

Monell is a unique organization; the only independent research center in the world studying taste and smell. I first found out about Monell in 2011 while walking my kids through the Philadelphia Science Festival Carnival. I was fascinated by smelling…

Neighborhood Science

Why leave the cozy confines of the lab? Sometimes you have to think outside the box. Other times, thinking outside the box just isn’t enough. Sometimes you have to go outside the box. While research at Monell has worldwide significance,…

Monell Science Apprenticeship Program 2015

34 Years of SAPlings and Still Growing Strong On the morning of June 22nd, 21 eager high school and college students walked through the Center’s doors to begin their seven-week summer stint as Monell Science Apprentices. This summer marks the…