When:
Saturday, February 28, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
Where: Norris University Center, 2-160, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Joan West
(847) 491-3645
joan.west@northwestern.edu
Group: Department of Physics and Astronomy
Category: Lectures & Meetings
"Fine Wine and Sour Milk: Is Aging Inevitable?"
Age comes for us all, from the scale of our whole bodies to the subcellular level. We will explore the physical mechanisms behind aging, examine organisms that manage extreme longevity, and discuss whether this holds any lessons for us humans.
Thomas Wytock, Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University