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Why You Should Listen: In this episode, you will learn about ongoing Borrelia research underway at University of New Haven. About My Guest: My guest for this episode is Dr. Eva Sapi. Dr. Eva Sapi, PhD is a Professor and Department Chair at the Department of Biology and Environmental Science at University of New Haven where she teaches undergraduate and graduate biology courses and carries out Lyme disease research with her graduate students. She is the Director of their Lyme Disease Program. Dr. Sapi graduated with a M.S. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary in 1987. She received her PhD in 1995. Her research interest is to investigate the different forms of Borrelia burgdorferi to better understand how Borrelia can hide from the immune system as well as from antimicrobial therapies. Her recent research shows that Borrelia burgdorferi is capable of forming a protective layer around itself called biofilm which could render it to be very resistant to antibiotics a