Manfred Schmitt, principle investigator of project A6 of the SFB 1027 and professor for Molecular and Cell Biology at the Saar-Uni will be the new President of the Saarland University. On the 1st of March he will follow the current President, professor Volker Linneweber, who will retire then. Today the University Council and yesterday the University Senate elected Manfred Schmitt with an unanimous vote for President. The next step will be his official nomination by the Prime Minister of the Saarland, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. The SFB 1027 wishes Manfred Schmitt the best of luck for his coming presidentship!

   Press realease of the Saarland University