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Mina Bissell

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Distinguished Scientist, Cell Biology / Life Sciences Division, LBNL

MJBissell@lbl.gov

Phone: 510-486-4365

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94705

Research

Mina Bissell pioneered the area of the relationship between cancer genetics and 3D tissue structure. She discovered the first ECM-response element and elucidated the mechanism by which MMPs could cause genomic instability and cancer in mammary cells. She was the major force in establishing the field of microenvironmental regulation of tissue-specificity.