Marta Shahbazi, a prominent researcher from the University of Cambridge, died in the Spanish train accident.
The Spanish Research Center for Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases expressed its condolences on the death of this molecular biology researcher on its Facebook and expressed deep sympathy "with our dear colleague, María José Alonso, after the death of her niece, Marta Shahbazi, in a train accident on October 28."
The center wrote: "Martha was an outstanding young researcher, head of the group at the Cambridge Molecular Biology Laboratory and associate professor at the Stem Cell Institute of that university."
Dr. Shahbazi, who directed the Shahbazi Laboratory in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, won the annual prize of the Spanish Society for the Advancement of Biology for his services to understanding the evolution of the human embryo.
He was to receive his award at a conference of this association in Andalusia.
Marta Shahbazi was 41 years old and was born in Leon, Spain. Dr. Shahbazi completed his PhD at Spain's National Center for Cancer Research, and then joined the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral researcher.
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