For the first TWiV of 2020 we reveal that microbiome depletion with antibiotics alters the immune response to influenza vaccine, and how successive blood meals facilitate virus dissemination in mosquitoes and transmission potential. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASV 2020 Vaccines are safe and effective (Science) Microbiome perturbation alters response to flu vaccine (Cell) Successive blood meals aid virus dissemination in mosquitoes (Nat Micro) Letters read on TWiV 581 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks Brianne - Retrovirus cookie cutter! (and Phage, Adenovirus, Rabies virus, and Antibody Alan - “Yah! Yah! Yah!” by Jack London, and the true story it’s based on Dickson - Why whales are big but not bigger Kathy - Dual Axis Illusion Vincent - The Fall of the Faculty  by Benjamin Ginsberg Listener Pick Suellen - Patient Zero podcast Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees. Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv