Science takes the stage as dancer and choreographer Lyra Butler-Denman premieres an original performance inspired by Dani Reed and other Monell scientists who study the sense of smell. Blending movement, ritual, and sensory storytelling, the piece explores how our noses carry memory, emotion, and identity — revealing that biology is never separate from feeling.

This session examines what happens to emotion, memory, and the sense of self when we live inside an engineered air that is chemically loud and informationally silent, and what shifts when we start reading the air instead of decorating it--asking not what to add to a space, but what is already being communicated in it, and by whom.

Sunday Scent Session: Botanicals & Beyond

Join WTSA’s Mindy Yang for an in-person adventure into the world of fragrances! Discover the magic of botanical scents and so much more in this relaxed, fun-filled session.

ECRO - the European Society for Smell and Taste Research - will hold its annual conference in Paris this year. This year’s theme is chemosensory innovation, with a focus on building connections across disciplines, sensory modalities, and creative approaches.

Caroline McMillan, Ph.D. of WTSA’s Space Sensory Lab will present our research at poster session S5-P18 (Abstract page 192)

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Olfactory experience and behavioural processing as a human factors frontier in spaceflight.

Tea Nicolae will bring together observations from whisky tasting as well as from using TheWhiskyBaba, a physics-based engine that generates personalized sensory projections to explore how gender and lived experience shape what - and how - we taste.

90.7% of the 510 people we surveyed said a scent brought back a personal memory. 75.7% recovered one they had completely forgotten. Join WTSA’s Mindy Yang with Rachel Herz, PhD, and Martha Bajec, PhD, live on World Taste & Smell Day at 2 PM ET as we present our 2026 report.

What happens when smell changes—and food no longer tastes, feels, or comforts us in the same way?

Join the Monell Chemical Senses Center, the World Taste & Smell Association, and STANA for a special hybrid program exploring the science and lived experience of smell loss. Presented in the lead-up to World Taste & Smell Day on September 14, the evening will bring together researchers, advocates, and practical guidance for rediscovering the pleasure and meaning of food.

This international online speaker series brings together curators, educators, and museum practitioners who are working with scent as an interpretive tool in museums, cultural attractions, and heritage institutions. The program focuses specifically on scent as museum interpretation and cultural education, rather than perfumery or olfactory art practice.

Forage & Blend is a 3-hour private experience where guests explore the living landscape of Silverbrook Manor alongside world-renowned sensory designer Mindy Yang. Discover aromatic plants, flowers, and natural materials while learning how scent emerges from place, season, and perception.

What will it take to nourish a thriving human community on Mars?

This one-day special edition of the Mars Innovation Workshop brings together scientists, entrepreneurs, technologists, investors, and industry leaders to explore the future of food and nutrition for space, with a special emphasis on innovations that can transform food systems on Earth today. Using Mars as a powerful design lens, participants will examine challenges and opportunities across food production, biomanufacturing, personalized nutrition, circular resource use, and resilient supply chains.

Through focused discussions and collaborative exercises, participants will surface breakthrough ideas, spark new partnerships, and identify high-impact opportunities for research, investment, and innovation. By the end of the day, participants will leave with a clearer view of how solving the challenge of feeding humans in extreme environments can help build healthier, more sustainable food systems and the flourishing communities they support-on Earth and beyond.

Dr Caroline McMillan presents research from the WTSA Space Sensory Lab developed with co-founders Mindy Yang, Coleen McLeod Garner and Jarin Chu for the Institute for Art and Olfaction's Olfactory Research Notes, an online series.

Free event about living with parosmia for anyone who experiences smell distortions or wants to learn more about this condition.

Join the proprietors of Silverbrook Manor for an intimate guided tour of their regenerative research farm, an unfolding landscape shaped by season, soil, and slow intention.

It's a chance to walk the grounds with us, to understand what is being grown here, both in the earth and beyond it.

A virtual event presented by the World Taste and Smell Association and STANA on Monday April 27  at Noon (Eastern) will explore how people with anosmia and smell dysfunction can still experience meaning, pleasure, and connection through food and fragrance.  

FREE BY REGISTRATION HERE

Global CRSwNP Awareness Day, April 23,  is day dedicated to raising awareness and showing support for the millions of patients living with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).

WFFC’s Annual Spring Education Seminar brings together corporate executives, founders, consultants, marketers, and educators to share real-world lessons on building confidence, navigating change, launching brands, and shaping meaningful careers across every stage of the professional journey!

With appreciation for Rivian’s generous support and collaboration, we’re honored to participate in a special private gathering exploring the invisible dimension of design.

Featuring Doug Schwartz of Detroit Wick and WTSA’s Mindy Yang, the evening will reflect on how fragrance, landscape, and adventure quietly shape perception, memory, and experience.

Thank you to Rivian for helping advance this work through their partnership and donation.

We look forward to an inspiring night together.

An interactive discussion of living with the social and emotional aspects of smell loss for Anosmia Awareness Day

Discover how sound shapes flavor in this FREE 30-minute sensory class by WTSA’s Mindy Yang. Through live video experiments and guided listening, you’ll experience how pitch, rhythm, and timbre can make the same food feel sweeter, creamier, or more intense—without changing a single ingredient.

Join MOFAD at Essex Market on Thursday, November 20, 2025 for an evening filled with great food and company, hearty drinks, and a chance to break bread together.

Monell’s Inaugural Celebration of Science, featuring an Evening of Wit & Wisdom With Marc Abrahams and a Scientific Symposium in Honor of Director Emeritus Robert Margolskee.

Join CEW on November 11 for the Beauty Awards Luncheon, honoring the year’s winning products and trailblazing brands. Surrounded by 1,000 beauty VIPs — from executives and innovators to retailers and suppliers — this is where excellence takes center stage.