- Dr Marta Shahbazi, a University of Cambridge researcher and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology group leader, has died in a Spanish train crash near Urda.
- Dr Shahbazi was travelling to accept a scientific excellence prize from the Spanish Society of Developmental Biology at the time of the collision.
- Colleagues at the LMB paid tribute to Dr Shahbazi, describing her as an inspiring, talented and passionate scientist whose death is a profound shock.
- At least 69 people were killed in the disaster, which marks Spain's second high-speed rail crash this year on the Madrid to Seville line.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez promised a full investigation into the tragedy as three days of national mourning were declared.
