Mina Bissell received the Canada Gairdner International Award. This prestigious award recognized her outstanding contributions to medical science and her pioneering research on the role of the microenvironment in cancer development.

The American Society for Cell Biology bestowed the E.B. Wilson Medal, its highest scientific honor, to Dr. Bissell for her work showing that physical context matters in cells and her demonstrations that the extracellular matrix (ECM) is integral to breast tissue remodeling and to breast cancer progression.

Mina Bissell was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed on working scientists in the United States. This recognition highlighted her significant contributions to the field of biology and her influential research on the role of the microenvironment in cancer development.

Mina Bissell received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award and medal, the highest scientific honor bestowed by the United States Department of Energy. This award recognized her significant contributions to the field of biology and her innovative research on cancer.

Mina Bissell joined the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory as a staff biochemist. This marked the beginning of her long and influential career at the laboratory, where she conducted groundbreaking research on the role of the microenvironment in cancer development.

Mina Bissell received her PhD in bacteriology from Harvard Medical School. This marked a significant achievement in her early academic career, establishing her expertise in a field that would later inform her pioneering cancer research.