Festschrift to celebrate Dr Jan-Willem Taanman
Join us in celebrating the career of Dr Taanman and his significant contributions and achievements within the Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences and the broader academic community.
Festschrift to celebrate Dr Jan-Willem Taanman
30 Sep 2025, 13:30 – 17:00
The event will feature presentations, reflections, and a reception with refreshments.
Your presence would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to circulate this invitation within your networks to ensure all who have been part of Dr Jan-Willem Taanman’s career can join us in this celebration.
Please rsvp to admindcmn@ucl.ac.uk
| Time | Presentation |
| 13.30 | Introduction Professor Anthony Schapira, UCL |
| 13.40 | Jan-Willem in the lead Professor Joanna Poulton, Oxford |
| 14.05 | Mitochondrial disease in children Professor Shamima Rahman, UCL |
| 14.30 | Tea |
| 14.55 | From NDUFA4 to COXFA4: A Shared Journey in Reattribution Professor Robert Pitceathly, UCL |
| 15.20 | Jan-Willem Taanman: inside and outside the mitochondrion Professor Lionel Ginsberg, UCL |
| 15.45 | MtDNA maintenance disorders: from mechanism(s) to therapy Professor Antonella Spinazzola, UCL |
| 16.10 | Mitochondrial involvement in Huntington’s disease Professor Michael Orth, Basel, Switzerland |
| 16.35 | Looking back at a lifetime of discovery Jan-Willem Taanman, UCL |
| 16.50 | Close Professor Anthony Schapira, UCL |
| 17.00 | Drinks and canapes |