Cambridge scientist Marta Shahbazi dies in Spanish train crash

Marta Shahbazi, a University of Cambridge scientist who led a research group at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, died in the 28 October train collision near Urda, south of Madrid. She was travelling to a conference in Andalusia, where she was due to receive a Spanish Society for Developmental Biology award for her work on early human development. The crash, which killed at least 69 people, happened when a Renfe train struck the back of a stationary train operated by Iryo. The CiMUS institute paid tribute to Shahbazi, the niece of its principal investigator María José Alonso.