Staci Vernick

Communications strategist specializing in health and science, volunteer leader, nature lover and wilderness explorer, amateur chef, determined gardener.

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

🚨 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨

The Monell Center and A*STAR Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI) have entered into a five-year research and education alliance!

Read about it on https://t.co/H89qC8Ln4F

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

#ICYMI: @MonellSc Paul Breslin spoke with @jsilberner for an article in the @nytimes on #taste, based on a @NEJM review: "Taste gets things ready. It wakes up the stomach, stimulates salivation," ultimately triggering transport of sugars into cells.
https://t.co/wEiPhRHSMV

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

Dr. Reed is Chief Science Officer @MonellSc , Dr. Hwang is a Research Fellow @UQ_News, Dr. Lin is is a Research Associate @MonellSc, and Dr. Joseph is a Clinical Research Scholar @NIAAAnews

[Prostate Cancer Foundation @PCFnews]

🏀🎗️ We want to give a special ‘thank you’ to the @ATLHawks Foundation & Ressler Gertz Family Foundation for donating $150,000 toward PCF and our mission to end #prostatecancer.

Stay informed by joining our email list: https://t.co/gzjSGp8JUS

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

#ICYMI: Some afternoon reading on #AnosmiaAwarenessDay. ~1 in 10,000 people are born without the ability to smell - congenital anosmia. @MonellSc scientists et al. found rare variants in 158 genes related to smell, with the CNGA2 gene an essential one. https://t.co/PWrzxpNL5E

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

Share and read this 👇from @NIDCD at @NIH.

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

Afternoon reading for #anosmiaawarenessday, part 2.
People who lose their sense of smell tend to add more salt to food to improve their eating experience. @MonellSc scientists found capsaicin improved flavor & eating enjoyment in people with smell loss. https://t.co/7cOTp3eYRx

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

“My Big Aha Moment:” Please read this first-person account by @MonellSc's Director of Development Jenifer Trachtman (@PhillyJenifer) about her experience with specific anosmia - the inability to perceive a specific odor. #AnosmiaAwarenessDay https://t.co/GEB0ZYn6QU

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

Last Nov, >160 clinicians, scientists, & patients gathered in Philadelphia for Towards Universal Chemosensory Testing, to discuss getting routine smell & and taste testing into clinics. Watch this space for TUCT white paper. Learn more about smell loss: https://t.co/GFrDKKyV6N

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

Thanks @margaveldhuizen! Watch this! 👇Read this! 👇
from the @GCChemosensoryR

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

Today is #AnosmiaAwarenessDay! At @MonellSc, this is a special reminder that our goal of tackling smell & taste loss is central to the lives of many. Given the role of smell/taste in health, we need an easy way to check these senses. For more, check out: https://t.co/GiUVEKX8T2

[Prostate Cancer Foundation @PCFnews]

We're excited to announce, in partnership with @AmericanCancer, the ACS-PCF Young Investigator Award totaling $225,000 over 3 years. This initiative aims to reduce disparities in access to modern prostate cancer care in rural settings.

https://t.co/6pHWz8uxki

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

#Congratuations to @MonellSc Kevin Bolding & @PertzL, @UniBern who today received a Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Award from the @ChanZuckerberg for their project, "Molecular Systems Neuroscience of Memory Persistence." https://t.co/zizMH3HLtX

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

#Congratuations to all of the recipients, esp to @MonellSc's Kevin Bolding & Olivier Pertz (@PertzL), @unibern on their project to identify molecular determinants of memory persistence using concurrent in vivo imaging of neural activity and intracellular signaling dynamics

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

How is one nonprofit research institute dedicated to the science of taste and smell helping to build a diverse life sciences workforce? (1/6)

(Pictured: @CouncilmemberJG with the 2023 Science Apprentices, SAPlings)

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

Our scientists take pride in bringing forth scientific discovery that starts in Philadelphia and impacts lives throughout the world (and on the silver screen...)

Did you know that the science behind Paul Giamatti’s character in The Holdovers was pioneered by a Monell scientist?

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

#ICYMI: In Nov 2023, @Monellsc testified before @PHLCouncil calling for universal smell & taste testing as part of routine healthcare. The resolution, introduced by @CouncilmemberJG, declared Nov Smell & Taste Testing month, a big step to better health and well-being for all.

[Monell Center @MonellSc]

#StartsToday: Towards Universal Chemosensory Testing conference: 5:30pm EST. The @NIDCD describes a future w/routine smell testing. How do we get there? Register now: https://t.co/iTf6mDCGMw. @MonellSc, @UF, @MGHMedicine, @OhioState, @TJUHospital, @STANAorg

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Nearly 300,000 American men are expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year alone. Most of those diagnosed don’t die from it.

Learn more about the screening, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and what it means to live with it. https://t.co/AuujLvCHl0

[Staci Vernick @slvernick]

@AshaniTW @hopkinskimmel Congratulations Ashi!