Cambridge researcher Marta Shahbazi dies in Spanish train crash en route to award ceremony

Dr. Marta Shahbazi, a Cambridge-based scientist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, died in a train crash near Urda, south of Madrid, while traveling to collect a Spanish Society for Developmental Biology award. The accident, involving a Renfe high-speed train and an Iryo train, killed 69 people and is among Europe's worst rail disasters. Shahbazi was recognized for her research on early human embryo development.