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Scientists mourn two developmental biologists killed in Spain train crash

Marta Shahbazi Alonso and Tamara González Costa died in the Urda rail disaster while travelling to a Spanish developmental-biology meeting.

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What to know

  • The 28 October train crash near Urda, Spain killed 69 people and injured more than 100, among the worst rail disasters in Europe's recent history.
  • Two developmental biologists, Marta Shahbazi Alonso (MRC LMB, Cambridge) and Tamara González Costa (IMBA, Vienna), died while travelling to a Spanish developmental-biology conference.
  • Shahbazi Alonso was en route to receive an award for pioneering work extending how long human embryo models can be grown in lab culture.

“For the very first time, we can identify features of human embryo life at the time when these many pregnancies fail, and be able to understand what has to happen … for the embryo to survive”

Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz, Stem-cell biologist, Cambridge/Caltech · Nature ↗ · Nov 1

Marta Shahbazi Alonso Stem-cell and developmental biologist, MRC LMB CambridgeTamara González Costa Postdoc, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), ViennaMagdalena Żernicka-Goetz Stem-cell and developmental biologist, University of Cambridge/CaltechEva Ortega-Paino Secretary-general for research, Spain's Ministry of Science and InnovationVincent Pasque Stem cell and developmental biologist, Catholic University of Leuven

Scientists mourn two developmental biologists killed in Spain train crash
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    Tribute article circulates widely on social media

    Nature's tribute piece was shared on Bluesky and Mastodon, extending condolences and recognition of the two scientists beyond the research community.

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      Scientists pay tribute to Marta Shahbazi Alonso and Tamara González Costa who died on their way to a developmental-biology meeting go.

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    Nature publishes tribute to the two biologists killed in the crash

    Nature reported that Marta Shahbazi Alonso, 41, of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, and Tamara González Costa, 31, of Vienna's Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, died in the crash while travelling to receive an award and attend the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology's 19th meeting in El Rompido; colleagues describe their scientific contributions and character.

    “One of the things that I will never forget, and will always stay with me, is her enthusiasm. She loved science for the sake of science.”
    — Magdalena Żernicka-Goetz
  3. background

    High-speed train collides near Urda, Spain, killing 69 — A high-speed train crash near the town of Urda in central Spain killed 69 people and injured more than 100 others, making it one of the worst rail disasters in Europe's modern history. Among the dead were two developmental biologists travelling to a scientific conference.

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