News Services

We publish regular news items and press releases in our “Latest News” pages and make all previous news releases available in our “News Archive” and through the University of Sheffield News Pages.

Further Information

We can provide facts, figures, background information and research summaries relating to any of our research projects or publications on enquiry. You will find a range of images which are free to use when attributed to SITraN (© SITraN) in our "Picture Archive" and briefing notes as well as our newsletter in our "Downloads" section.

Find an Expert

Please contact us if you would like to get an expert opinion on a subject relating to neurodegenerative disorders or an interview with one of our researchers.
We will put you in touch with the right person.

Meet our experts

• Motor Neuron Disease - Prof Dame Pamela Shaw, Prof Chris McDermott
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Prof Mimoun Azzouz
• Parkinson's Disease - Prof Oliver Bandmann
• Alzheimer's disease, dementia and ageing -
  Prof Annalena Venneri and Prof Stephen Wharton
• Stroke - Prof Arshad Majid
• Epilepsy - Prof Markus Reuber 
• Genomic Medicine and Genome Translation - Prof Winston Hide

Location visit

We can arrange media visits to SITraN and the University of Sheffield on request. We also arrange workshops for journalists to get in depths experience of our Institute and the research undertaken here with the opportunity to take a tour through the laboratories and talk to our experts for an exclusive feature.

Location filming

If you are interested in filming at SITraN, please email us with your proposal  and the purpose for which the video footage will be used and we will get in touch with you.

For any media enquiries please contact: