# Walter Nickel and Christian Freund to switch their roles as chairs of SFB/TRR 186
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### Molecular Switches in the Spatio-Temporal Control of Cellular Signal Transmission
# Walter Nickel and Christian Freund to switch their roles as chairs of SFB/TRR 186
Date
July 13, 2022
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#### Effective July 1, 2022, Christian Freund has taken over the role as chair of SFB/TRR 186. After six years being the chair of TRR 186, Walter Nickel will continue to serve as vice chair. Together with the TRR 186 steering committee, a key aspect of the next 12 months will be to develop the application for a third funding period of the research consortium.
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