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Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ Cambridge scientist who died in Spain train crash

Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive award for scientific excellence in developmental biology An “inspiring” University of Cambridge scientist died in the Spanish train collision on Wednesday that killed at least 69 people.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 1, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

Dr Marta Shahbazi, 41, an affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the city’s Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), was travelling on one of the trains involved in the crash near Urda in Toledo province.

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