Fireside Chats are back

Fireside Chats at The Argyle are an intimate
way to connect the Texas Biomed team with those
who care deeply about the Institute’s mission.

Texas Biomedical Research Institute and The Argyle have a historically unique connection. The Argyle was established as a private dinner club in 1956 by Betty and Lew Moorman, the sister and brother-in-law of Texas Biomed’s founder Tom Slick, Jr. Membership directly supports the mission of Texas Biomed, and Argyle members have long enjoyed a front row seat to lifesaving stories that have emerged as a result of the Institute’s research.

These Fireside Chats relaunched in September after a pandemic hiatus. Texas Biomed President/CEO Larry Schlesinger, MD, shared his heroic journey combatting oral cancer. Dr. Schlesinger is in remission, but his cancer is most likely the direct result of a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection acquired in his youth. The links between infectious diseases and cancer, heart disease, diabetes and more continue to grow. The research at Texas Biomed is shaping our understanding of these connections.

Texas Biomed Associate Professor Binhua “Julie” Ling, MD, PhD, also presented in October about her work on a cure for HIV using the latest gene-editing technology, and a software tool she developed to spot relationships between a host and its microbiome.

Fireside Chats at The Argyle are an intimate way to connect the Texas Biomed team with those who care deeply about the Institute’s mission. Texas Biomed looks forward to the 2023 program.