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Dr. Zoe Bont is a Researcher at the University of Bern's Institute of Plant Sciences, specifically within the Biotic Interactions department. Her work focuses on plant defense mechanisms, ecological interactions between plants and herbivores, and the impact of environmental factors on plant metabolism. She has contributed to studies on dandelion adaptations to high-altitude environments, root herbivore defense strategies, and genomic analyses of bryophytes. Bont collaborates extensively with international research groups and employs advanced molecular and ecological methods in her investigations.
Her research interests include plant-insect interactions, metabolic variation in response to climate, and the evolutionary implications of defense traits. Key projects involve tracking herbivore behavior through innovative tagging systems and analyzing how plant populations adjust defense chemistry based on environmental pressures. Bont's recent work also explores the transcriptional dynamics of mosses and liverworts, contributing to broader understanding of plant evolution.
Bont's publications demonstrate a focus on interdisciplinary approaches, combining field ecology with lab-based metabolomics and genomics. Her studies often address applied questions like forest health monitoring (e.g., decay detection in Norway spruce) while maintaining strong theoretical foundations in ecological theory and plant physiology.
