Aging Institute Seminar Series - Dr. Natalie Gassman

We’re excited to announce that the next Aging Institute Seminar will take place Thursday, September 10, 2026, featuring Natalie Gassman, MD, PhD — Associate Professor of Pathology and Associate Director of Faculty Engagement of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Birmingham. This will be a hybrid seminar, and Dr. Gassman will be joining us in person at the Aging Institute (100 Technology Drive, 5th Floor Conference Room). She’ll be presenting “Leveraging mis(fortunes) of the human genome to improve therapeutic outcomes" and we look forward to hearing about her fascinating research. The Gassman Lab is particularly interested in measure genotoxicity and understand DNA lesions in disease. We have developed techniques to measure altered DNA repair in normal and tumor cells to determine defects in DNA repair pathways that mutation or gene expression changes may not identify. DNA repair defects can be identified by measuring the lesions remaining within the genome, providing a better understanding of interactions within DNA repair pathways. Using this knowledge, the Gassman lab hopes to improve therapeutic selection and patient outcomes by mapping the modified DNA repair landscape in cancer. Their current focus areas are breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers. The lab’s long-term goal is to understand gene-environment interactions and their impact on genomic stability and human disease. For additional information regarding Dr. Gassman and her research, please visit her lab page at: https://sites.uab.edu/gassmanlab/ Seminar Details: 📅 Thursday, September 10, 2026 🕛 12:00 – 1:00 PM 📍 In-person: Aging Institute, 100 Technology Drive, 5th Floor Conference Room 💻 Or join via Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91086630531 🥪 Light lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think may be interested. If you'd like me to send them a direct invite, just send me their name and email. We hope to see you there!