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USF CMS Professor Mya Breitbart’s Innovation in the ‘Burg’ Podcast

Mya Breitbart's Innovation in the 'Burg' podcast

Mya Breitbart's Innovation in the 'Burg' podcast

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Welcome to Innovation in the ‘Burg, a podcast all about science and innovation in St. Petersburg. Your host is Alison Barlow, executive director of the St. Pete Innovation District. Each week, she’ll guide the conversation as one science expert and one community member come together to talk about the amazing things coming out of the St. Pete Innovation District. This week, Dr. Mya Breitbart, professor of Marine Biology at USF College of Marine Science talks with Tee Grizzard, artist and Risk Management Consultant at LassiterWare. The unlikely duo take the plunge and go deep, with an enjoyable and pun-filled conversation on Mya’s research involving microbes and DNA, as well as its applications to wastewater treatment and recreational fishing.

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