Nelly Margarita Macías Gómez is responsible for the Human Genetics Laboratory and Director of the molecular biology research center for chronic diseases at the Centro Universitario del Sur, University of Guadalajara, and is listed as an SNI Level I researcher. She holds a medical degree from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and MSc and PhD degrees in Human Genetics from the University of Guadalajara, with a postdoctoral research stay in a genetics laboratory in Baltimore, Maryland. Her research lines include medical and clinical genetics, nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics of multifactorial diseases, proteomics in cancer, and broader cancer biology.