Member of SCNAT

SSOM promotes the technical sciences in Switzerland, notably in the fields of optics, microscopy and nanotechnology. It represents its members to the outside world, exchanges experience, fosters national and international cooperation and provides specialist knowledge.

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Naturally occuring ammonium phospate aggregations in a Staphylococcus sample.
Naturally occuring ammonium phospate aggregations in a Staphylococcus sample.Image: Universitaet Basel

Associations in national societies

The SSOM is a member of:

Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (SCNAT)
Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)

Associations in international societies

The SSOM is also a member of:

International Commission for Optics (ICO)
International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM)
International Committee on the Science of Photography (ICSP)
European Optical Committee (EOC)
European Optical Society (EOS)
European Microscopy Society (EMS)

SSOM members are automatically member of these associations.

Contact

Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy (SSOM)
c/o Dr. Marco Cantoni
EPFL
AVP-CP CIME
Bat. MXC-132
Station 12
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland