Prof. Steven Bell is a leading expert in the study of DNA replication, with an emphasis on how assembly of enzymes are regulated during the cell cycle to ensure genomic maintenance. He is Professor of Biology at MIT, an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Prof. Bell is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley.