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Coverage dated November 1, 2026

‘A perfect scientist, a perfect mum’: researchers mourn two biologists’ deaths in Spanish train crash

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Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03564-4 Scientists pay tribute to Marta Shahbazi Alonso and Tamara González Costa who died on their way to a developmental-biology meeting.

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  1. BBC News

    University of Cambridge scientist among those who died in Spanish train crash (opens BBC News)

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    A Spanish research centre has confirmed her death days after she was declared misisng.

  2. The Guardian

    Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ Cambridge scientist who died in Spain train crash (opens The Guardian)

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    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.

  3. Nature

    ‘A perfect scientist, a perfect mum’: researchers mourn two biologists’ deaths in Spanish train crash (opens Nature)

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    Nature, Published online: 02 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03564-4 Scientists pay tribute to Marta Shahbazi Alonso and Tamara González Costa who died on their way to a developmental-biology meeting.

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