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Cambridge scientist Marta Shahbazi dies in Spanish train crash
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Dr. Marta Shahbazi, an award-winning University of Cambridge researcher specializing in human embryo and cell biology, died in a train crash near Urda, Spain, while en route to receive a scientific excellence award.
- Shahbazi led the Shahbazi Laboratory at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) and was recognized for pioneering research on early human development and pregnancy failures.
- She was due to accept an award from the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology at a conference in Andalusia and was known as a role model for balancing a scientific career with motherhood.
- The LMB and University of Cambridge expressed profound shock and described her death as a significant loss to the scientific community.
- The fatal accident involved a Renfe high-speed train colliding with a stationary Iryo-operated train, resulting in 69 deaths.
