Planning on attending the AChemS annual meeting in April (there are both in-person or virtual options)? Don’t forget the early bird registration deadline of March 15th! achems.org/2022/registrat…

In article about Paxlovid FLORIDA neuroscientist & UFCenterSmell&Taste director Steven Munger 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 discusses potential causes of a bitter or metallic taste that some patients experience after taking certain drugs. Human mouths are more primed to detect bitterness, he explains. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Excited that Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi & my symposium on cilia function in chemosensory systems was selected. Looking forward to the conference

UF Medicine UF McKnight Brain Institute UF Health Cancer Center UF Computer & Information Science & Engineering UF Pharmacy @CRinaldi_UF #FunFactFriday Smell loss can be devastating. Dr. Munger’s #InnovationoftheYear is a better way to screen for smell loss using the ArOMa-T, a simple, inexpensive test that allows a person to self-assess & identify a disfunction in smell! UFCenterSmell&Taste UF Medicine youtube.com/watch?v=KItmnr…

Gordon Shepherd was a giant in the field of neuroscience, and for the field of olfaction in particular. More so, he was a kind person who supported and celebrated the contributions of the many that preceded and followed him. He will be missed.

Another great loss for the chemosensory community. Don was an excellent clinician scientist, a leading expert on phantosmia, and a strong advocate for patients affected by smell disorders. RIP.

An interesting program discussing smell and it’s relationship to flavor, hunger and feeling sated. Including interviews with Rachel Herz and Sanne Boesveldt. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Fantastic talk by Dan Wesson lab/UFCenterSmell&Taste grad student Natalie Johnson on brain-derived estradiol and dopamine on odor hedonics & investigation . #ECRO22

.FLORIDA postdocs working in neuroscience, psychiatry and neuromedicine: Join us for Postdoc Appreciation Week events next week — popsicles on Monday, pizza on Thursday! 🍕🥼🔬🥳 RSVP info on the flyer 👇

Another practical implication for better understanding the chemical senses (in this case, chemesthesis): coating fishing nets with a compound from hot chilis may deter some predators, but not dolphins. x.com/ishmailsaboor/…

#ICYMI: Toward a Universal Smell Test: Monell Center's Valentina Parma & Steph Hunter w/Zara M. Patel, MD, Steven Munger 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦, @katieboateng, STANA, Patricia Lucas-Schnarre in @SciAm by Hannah Doctor-Loeb. scientificamerican.com/article/smell-…

It’s early, but if you want to go to Iceland…

.FLORIDA smell and taste experts will help lead a conference with a goal of developing strategies to implement routine smell and taste testing into the U.S. health care system. The conference is supported by an NIH grant and led by Monell Center. Read more: bit.ly/3nN0UEJ

Incredibly cool!

A great day recognizing the impact Barry Ache has had on the chemosensory field. From cornerstone scientific insights to populating the community with the next generation of scientists, Barry’s legacy continues to grow. UFCenterSmell&Taste

Cool new collaborative study with contributions from UF_Pharmacology’s Martens lab

Congratulations to former UFCenterSmell&Taste Training Program in Chemosensory Science fellow Natalie Johnson on winning the prestigious Don Tucker Memorial Award from AChemS !