Stella Hurtley obtained her first degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge, and then went on to PhD in Cell Biology at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg. After post-docs in Yale, Philadelphia and Edinburgh, Stella joined Science at the newly established Europe office in 1994. As Senior Editor at the journal, Stella is responsible for looking after submissions in a variety of subject areas including Cell Biology, Prion Biology and Cellular Microbiology, and is responsible for the This Week in Science page.