SSSDay

Annual meeting 06 -07.11 - Naturmuseum Winterthur

How to get there?

The SSS-Day and the workshop will be hosted by the Naturmuseum Winterthur, at Museumstrasse 52, 8400 Winterthur. From the station, it is an ~7 minutes walk down Museumsstrasse.

Workshop Thursday, 06.11.25 : How to describe a new species?

-- start of the workshop : 10:40 in the morning --

During this one-day workshop, we will delve into the process of describing a new species – from its discovery over the preparation of a proper description to the mysteries of the nomenclatural code. There will also be room for discussing current hot topics in alpha-taxonomy and for exchanging experiences from a wide range of taxonomic groups. We will be supported by Juan-Carlos Zamora, a member of the General Committee of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.

No matter if you are a student just starting to discover her first new species, or an experienced alpha-taxonomist, or even just someone who would like to hear more about this most fundamental form of biodiversity research – you are very welcome to join! You will receive more information about the workshop after registration.

SSS Day - Friday 07 november

• 09.45 Coffee and Croissants, Registration
• 10.15 Alice Cibois, Mathieu Perret, Seraina Klopfstein (SSS board)
  • General assembly of the Swiss Systematics Society
• 10.45 Invited lecture – Juan Carlos Zamora (JCB Geneva)
  • A scientific career as a (fungal) taxonomist: is that possible?
• 11.35 Hannes Baur (Naturhistorisches Museum Bern)
  • Let's get rid of the old stuff!
• 12.00 Sabrina Schnurreberger (Naturmuseum Winterthur)
  • Outreach: Experiences from the «Naturfundbüro»

12.15 Lunch break

We will have lunch at the Punto e Pasta. The menu including salad and water costs 25.- for students and 30.- for the others – please bring this amount along in cash. The coffee breaks are offered by the society.

• 13.45 Invited Lecture – Marianne Espeland (Museum König, Bonn)
  • Museomics and machine learning illuminate the evolutionary history and diversification of burnet moths and allies (Zygaenidae, Lepidoptera)
• 14.35 Cody Cardenas (Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva)
  • Museomics of Calosoma caterpillar hunter beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) sheds light on an obsolete classification
• 14.50 Emilie Favre (University of Neuchâtel)
  • Diversity and endemism of springtail communities from nunataks in the Valais Alps
• 15.15 Juan-Carlos Copete (Uni Zurich)
  • Attalea taam — a new palm species well known by the Cacua Indigenous people
• 15.30 Coffee break
• 16.00 Master prize: Matilde Nari (CJB Geneva)
  • Exploration of peristome architecture in the Pottiaceae (Bryophyta) with pattern characterization: what is a ‘pottioid peristome’?
• 16.20 Benjamin Ory (Uni Neuchâtel)
  • Description of a new Centropyxis species (testate amoeba) from tropical Sphagnum in Peru: revealing the hidden taxonomic potential of moss herbaria
• 16:35 David Garoffolo Betschmann (Naturéum Lausanne)
  • Diving deeper: building a multi-locus barcoding database for Plecoptera biodiversity monitoring in Switzerland
• 17.00 Goodbye’s

Online registration is now closed, contact the board for on site registration.