“Eating caterpillars will not make us stay young. However,  research that started in insects and continues in mammals, has the potential to make us feel younger as well as slowing the aging.”

When the UC Davis School of Medicine (SOM) hosts its 2025 Convergence Research Celebration on Tuesday, April 8, the TEDx talk speakers will include two researchers from the Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT): UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock and research scientist Christophe Morisseau of the Hammock lab.