Andrew Easton is Professor of Life Sciences, University of Warwick. He has worked for many years on various aspects of the molecular biology of pneumoviruses, which include respiratory syncytial virus, pneumonia virus of mice and avian pneumovirus. Much of his work uses the technique of reverse genetics for analysis of important regulatory sequences controlling virus RNA synthesis and identification of functional domains in proteins involved in virus RNA synthesis. He is working on the protective capacity of specific genome deletions of influenza virus in collaboration with Professor Nigel Dimmock.