Mina Bissell

Scientist, Award Winner

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Who is Mina Bissell?

Mina J. Bissell is an Iranian-American biologist known for her research on breast cancer. In particular, she has studied the effects of a cell's microenvironment, including its extracellular matrix, on tissue function.

Bissell was born in Tehran, Iran and brought up in an educated and wealthy family. By the time she graduated from high school, Bissell was the top graduate in her year in Iran. A family friend, through the American Friends of Iran, encouraged Bissell to come to the United States. She enrolled at Bryn Mawr, then transferred to Radcliffe College where she earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry. She obtained a PhD in bacteriology from Harvard Medical School and was awarded an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley.

She joined the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory as a staff biochemist in 1972 and subsequently became a Senior Scientist, Director of Cell & Molecular Biology, Director of the Life Sciences Division, and Distinguished Scientist. In 1996, she received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award and medal, the highest scientific honor bestowed by the United States Department of Energy.

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Also known as
  • Mina J. Bissell
Nationality
  • Iran
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
  • Radcliffe College
  • Bryn Mawr College
  • PhD, Harvard Medical School
    Bacteriology
    ( - 1969)
  • Molecular genetics
Lived in
  • California

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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