Company Profile
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Company Overview
The Monell Center is the world’s only independent, non-profit scientific institute dedicated to interdisciplinary basic research on the senses of taste and smell.
Monell’s mission is to improve health and well-being by advancing the scientific understanding of taste, smell, and related senses.
Our five core values:
1) Commitment: We view basic science as the foundation of discovery.
2) Collaboration: We practice interdisciplinary science with diverse partners to inspire new perspectives and discoveries.
3) Open Communication: We share our knowledge widely to impact global health and well-being.
4) Mentorship: We train the next generation of chemosensory scientists to assure a bright future.
5) Broad Impact: We work across sectors to advance science that solves problems.
Our vision:
A future where Monell’s discoveries in taste, smell, and related senses promote early disease detection, prevention, and treatment; assure healthy function of these essential senses throughout life; and improve human health and well-being.
https://monell.org/about-us/
Company History
Please read about Monell's history on our Web site: https://monell.org/history-legacy/
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Monell’s discoveries have contributed to the improvement of human health. Techniques pioneered by Monell to biopsy and culture living human taste cells are being used today to discover new ways to reduce the bitterness of pediatric pharmacologic formulations so more children will take their life-saving medicines. We identified “taste” receptors in the nose and gut with therapeutic potential for treating such diseases as diabetes, obesity, and intestinal parasites. And research showing that most of the salt we eat comes from commercially-prepared foods led to new Federal Drug Administration guidelines lowering the amount of salt in manufactured and restaurant foods – a major step in addressing our nation’s high rate of heart disease. Those are just a few of the many exciting examples.