Danish Director Hans Gregersen has appointed new Danish principal coordinators for two of the SDC areas. For the Life Sciences area Professor Peter Roepstorff, University of Southern Denmark, takes over the task from Professor Leif Østergaard, Aarhus University. In the Nanoscience area Professor Flemming Besenbacher from Aarhus University replaces Professor Thomas Bjørnholm, University of Copenhagen. Hans Gregersen expresses his gratitude for the work done by the former PCs and their continued support for SDC. Furthermore Hans Gregersen has appointed Professor Per Hedegård from University of Copenhagen and Associate Professor Janus Hansen from Copenhagen Business School as new heads of educational programmes for the Master's programmes in Public Management & Social Development and in Nanoscience, the latter programme currently under development.