María de la Luz Ayala Madrigal is a Titular C professor-researcher, SNI Level I member and PRODEP-profile researcher at the Instituto de Genética Humana “Dr. Enrique Corona Rivera”, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Guadalajara. She received a BSc in Biology and MSc and PhD degrees in Human Genetics from the University of Guadalajara, and completed research stays at Baylor College of Medicine and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Her academic work focuses on classical and molecular genetics, especially cancer genetics, as well as teaching and thesis supervision in human genetics.