Monell’s mission is to advance scientific understanding of the mechanisms and functions of the chemical senses to benefit human health and well-being.
“Our work here at Monell holds great promise for understanding the basic mechanisms of the chronic diseases that will challenge us in the 21st century, from the role of inflammation in programmed cell death to the possibility of tissue regeneration. The cells involved in taste and smell are some of the most promising cells for this kind of research, and nowhere are they being studied so well as at Monell.” Joe Brand, Ph.D., Member Emeritus, Biophysicist
