Definitions of reverse genetics, +ve, -ve, sense and doubled stranded (DS) RNA viruses / Anne Bridgen -- Coronavirus reverse genetics / Paul Britton -- Hepatitis C and use of reverse genetics in drug design / Natalia Frias Staheli -- Norovirus reverse genetics / Ian Goodfellow -- Rhabdovirus reverse genetics / Klaus Conzelmann -- Modification of measles virus and application to pathogenesis studies / Paul Duprex -- Bunyavirus reverse genetics and application to interaction with host cells / Richard Elliott -- Influenza A virus vaccines / Wendy Barclay -- Bluetongue virus reverse genetics / Mark Boyce -- Reovirus reverse genetics / Rob Hoeben -- Reverse genetics and quasispecies / Marco Vignuzzi -- Summary and perspectives / Anne Bridgen.