Fall 2025 OLLI Digital Catalog 

Physiology of Aging: From DNA to Organism (P280)

P – Life Sciences

What really happens to our bodies as we age? Why do our joints creak, our memory blur, and our energy fade—and what does science say about it? This course is your invitation to explore aging from the inside out. Blending biology, genetics and health science with a clear, engaging teaching style, this course takes participants on a journey through the human body as it moves. Together, we’ll uncover the processes behind everything, from gray hair and cataracts to metabolic shifts and neurodegeneration. By the end of the course, participants will not only understand what aging is, but also how new discoveries are reshaping our ideas of health and longevity.

This course is taught by a University of Delaware graduate student through the new UD OLLI Scholars program.

This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Krishna Thakkar

KRISHNA THAKKAR — B.Sc. and M.Sc., biotechnology, University of Mumbai, India. Ph.D. (biological science, Dr. Lachke’s lab) and MBA dual degree student at UD, pursuing her research on unravelling the transcriptional control of gene expression in mammalian eye lens development and its associated defects. She has over a decade of teaching experience from Grade 6 to M.Sc. Has designed and conducted hands-on science summer camp for middle schoolers at UD’s College School since 2004.

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