Tributes have been paid following the death of Dr Marta Shahbazi, an “inspiring” University of Cambridge scientist who was killed in a Spanish train collision on Wednesday.
Dr Shahbazi, an affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), was travelling on one of the trains involved in the crash near Urda in Toledo province. According to reports, she was on her way to a conference to receive an award for scientific excellence in developmental biology.
The tragic accident claimed the lives of at least 69 people. Following the news, the laboratory where she worked remembered her as a talented, passionate, and inspiring scientist.
