‘Inspiring’ Cambridge University scientist on her way to collect award for pioneering IVF research among 69 killed in Toledo train disaster
Dr Marta Shahbazi, 41, was on her way to collect the prestigious scientific excellence prize from the Spanish Society of Developmental Biology.
Dr. Marta Shahbazi, 41, was traveling to receive a scientific excellence prize from the Spanish Society of Developmental Biology when she was among 69 people killed in a train disaster in Toledo.
Separately, Canadian scientists are working to reintroduce the frosted elfin butterfly to the northern shores of Lake Erie in Norfolk County. Ryan Norris of the University of Guelph stated that the team plans to import butterflies and eggs from New York to breed them at the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory. The plan involves releasing the insects into the wild next spring in Port Rowan. Norris attributed the species' extirpation from the region to habitat loss caused by farmland creation and urban development.
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