Leyla Bulatovna Djansugurova, PhD, Full professor, Head of the Center for paleogenetics and Ethnogenomics of the Institute of Genetics and Physiology (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Djansugurova Leyla is a qualified specialist in the field of genetics, molecular and cell biology.  The scope of her scientific interest is wide and includes research on genetic instability; carcinogenesis; apoptosis; regulation of gene activity in ontogenesis; individual sensitivity and resistance of an organisms to the influence of harmful environmental factors; the determination of genetic factors predisposing to multifactorial diseases; genetic of ageing; ancient and modern human population genetics; and archaeogenetics. She has 5 patents, 3 monographs, 10 teaching aids, and 428 scientific publications. Under her leadership, 5 candidates of science and 5 PhD dissertations have been defended. She supervised 3 complex scientific programs, 18 grant projects, and 2 projects in large interdisciplinary programs.