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HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Long-term Effects of Oil accidents on the pelagic ecosystem of the Norwegian and Barents Seas

The Barents Sea-Norwegian Sea are used for oil production and thus susceptible to oil accident. This calls for providing an improved understanding of long-term impacts of oil accident on this pelagic ecosystem. The Barents Sea-Norwegian Sea ecosystem is c haracterized by strong interactions among...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Interactions between wild and farmed Atlantic cod: non-lethal impacts of escapees on wild populations

Cod is a new target species for aquaculture in the north Atlantic. With increasing numbers of farmed cod kept in sea-pens in coastal areas it is necessary to address the potential impacts of cod aquaculture on the local environment. Of particular concern is the effect of cod that escape from net-...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Functional Metagenomics to Study Prokaryotes from Arctic/ Sub-Arctic Springs of Hydrothermal Origin

The majority, in fact >99 % of the microorganisms on this planet have not yet been cultured in the laboratory and therefore have remained mostly uncharacterized and also unexploited for biotechnological purposes. Recent advancements in genomic technologie s, so called metagenomics, now allow to s...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Background levels: Occurrence and effective detection of cod pathogens

Cod farming is considered one of the areas with the highest potential for growth in Norwegian aquaculture. Most cod hatcheries use wild caught broodstock, which represent a danger for the contamination of the farm premises with pathogens (virus, bacteria, parasites); particularly those transmitt...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Leptin in fish - exploring the actions of a novel hormone and its role in control of appetite, growth and puberty in Atlantic salmon and cod

In mammals, leptin is a hormone produced by adipose tissue and has been established as a key signal for regulating adiposity. Until last month (May 2005), when our collaborators at National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Mie Japan published their disc overy of the leptin gene and its expressi...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Tiiva, Paivi finsk statsstip 2005/06

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Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Integration of developmental and environmental forcing in life history models of planktonic organisms

In a longer perspective the proposed research aims at integrating certain aspects of two major, although separated, domains in current biology: The first domain extends from the molecule to the organisms, while the second extends from organism to populati on biology, biodiversity studies, and eco...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Succession of aquatic invertebrates in recently deglaciated terrain: mapping the magnitude and impact of climate change

With human impact minimised, possible effects of climate change should be more easily detected in pristine Arctic environments. Both the glacial history of the Arctic and expected future temperature change caused by the greenhouse effect indicates that th e amplitude of temperature change is grea...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Zooplankton life cycles at high latitudes: how is seasonal food availability and predation pressure affecting fat storing strategies?

Animals at high latitudes often face the challenge of a short feeding season. Many marine copepods are adapted to such environments. They produce large fat sacs which serve as energy stores for the winter, and the winter is spent in relatively safe habita ts where activity is reduced and metaboli...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Alphavirus (Togaviridae) fra laksefisk i norsk oppdrett. Karakterisering, vertikal overføring og studie av vevs/celle-tropisme.

Salmon pancreas disease (SPD) ble først beskrevet fra Skottland i 1984, men var sannsynligvis tilstede i oppdrett av laks i Skottland så tidlig som i 1976. I 1990 ble det vist at sykdommen hadde en infeksiøs årsak. Senere, i 1995, ble det klart at sykdomm en skyldes et togaviruslignende agens som...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Molecular and electrophysiological characterization of the GnRH systems in Atlantic cod

Teleosts are unique among vertebrates regarding neural control of the adenohypophysis. The cells are directly innervated instead of receiving their input through a portal system. Furthermore, the distribution of the different cell types in the adenohypoph ysis in teleosts is highly regionalized, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Neuroendocrine and environmental control of puberty in fish

Early sexual maturation leads to a significant loss of body weight during the spawning season, and farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) of both sexes currently reach puberty as early as two years of age, before reaching commercial size. Photoperiod treatmen t has been the most efficient strategy to...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Developmental and growth dynamics of the vertebral column in farmed Atlantic salmon

It is well known from birds and mammals that skeletal tissues are dynamic and sensitive to factors such as exercise and nutrition. In the present proposal, we wish to elucidate the effects of mechanic stimulation of vertebrae through exercise, and the eff ects of fast growth on vertebral architec...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

MARE-Marine ressurser,miljø og forv

Further advances: In situ molecular quantification of zooplankton feeding and bactivory in complex marine systems.

The question of who eats what and why has been at the forefront of plankton ecology for over a century. Accurate data on trophic interactions for key organisms, such as copepods and other zooplankton, is vital for understanding the mechanisms that structu re pelagic ecosystems. While many advanc...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Differential protein expression in relation to dietary amino acid composition: a proteomic approach towards understanding growth in fish

Growth is essentially protein deposition. Therefore, optimisation of growth depends on the understanding of amino acid (AA) metabolism. The complexity and possible interactions between the various metabolic processes and regulatory pathways are enormous. It is evident that growth in a living anim...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Modelling larval cod on Georges Bank

Here we apply for Trond Kristiansen to visit Woods Hole for a period of 5 months during 2005. There he will collaborate with members of the US GLOBEC team on applications and testing of a model of larval cod feeding and growth processes. This model has no w reached a stage where he is using the m...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Vestland

BIOMOL-Molekylær biovitenskap og bioteknologi

Use of genome-based microarray analyses to understand the oxidative stress response of an anaerobic microorganism growing at 100°C

Aerobic organisms require molecular O2 for energy conservation. This is a mixed blessing, however, as extremely reactive O2 derivatives (ROS) are produced during normal metabolism that can damage all cellular components. ROS have been implicated in a wide variety of human diseases, including can...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Environmental impact and molecular regulation of the osmoregulatory gill during parr-smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon

High quality salmon smolts are critical for aquaculture, enhancement programmes and wild populations. Intensification of aquaculture smolt production and changes in natural habitats can cause degradation of environmental conditions, which may severely red uce smolt quality. The gill is critical i...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Vestland

CLIMIT-Program for CO2-håndtering

CO2 storage for geological timescales – Thermodynamic and kinetic stability of dawsonite

This study is motivated by the need to better understand the potential role of dawsonite in CO2 sequestration scenarios. Towards this goal, the first kinetic studies of dawsonite were conducted by the authors during March-April 2004 in corporation with Er ic H. Oelkers at Université Paul Sabatier...

Awarded: NOK 0.93 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2008

Location: Vestland

BIOMOL-Molekylær biovitenskap og bioteknologi

Genetic dissection of maternal effects in early embryo and endosperm development

Seed development is an interplay of different tissues that execute different transcriptional programmes. By double fertilization two haploid sperm cells fuse with the haploid egg cell and the diploid central cell of the female gametophyte to produce the d iploid embryo and the triploid endosperm,...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

TU-Tungt utstyr

600 MHz NMR instrument

NMR instrumentet skal være dedikert til strukturanalyse av biologiske makromolekyler og benyttes av forskningsmiljøene i Oslo regionen, inklusiv NLH-Ås. Hovedsamarbeidspartnere er UiO, NVH og NLH. Instrumentet vil bli satt opp med muligheter for 1-4 dimen sjonale studier av biologiske makromoleky...

Awarded: NOK 10.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

STORFORSK-Store forskerinitierte prosjekter

Unique post-translational modifications in a prokaryotic model system

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are covalent processing events that modify the properties of protein by proteolytic cleavage or by addition of a modifying group to one or more amino acids. They modulate biological processes by influencing protein activity, localization, turnover, and inte...

Awarded: NOK 12.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Oslo

BIOFYS-Fysiologiske og anatomiske fag

Living with little or no oxygen: from molecules to physiological biodiversity

While most vertebrates die within minutes of anoxia (no oxygen), a few species can tolerate anoxia about 1000 times longer. These include the crucian carp (Carassius carassius, No: karuss), a common fish in Norway, and some turtles. Anoxia and ischemia r elated diseases are the major killers in t...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2007

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Karakterisering av virus assosiert med Hjertesprekk (CMS) og Hjerte- skjelettmuskel betennelse (HSMB)

Norsk lakseoppdrett er i betydelig grad påvirket av sykdommer med uklare årsaksforhold, noe som presser næringens små fortjenestemarginer i negativ retning. I denne gruppen sykdokmmer finner en blant annet hjertesprekk (Cardiac Myopathy syndrome, CMS), he morrhagisk diatese (Haemorrhagic smolt sy...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Adaptive food web models

For almost a century, mathematical studies of ecosystem dynamics have been based on the Lotka-Volterra differential equation approach. This approach has been able to integrate different actors, such as resources, producers, predators, decomposers and dise ase vectors. The great success has, howev...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

BIOMOL-Molekylær biovitenskap og bioteknologi

Antistoffbaserte reagenser i studier av spesifikke T cell responser

Prosjektet vil lage løselige T celle reseptormolekyler, som vil kunne benyttes innen forskning, diagnostikk og terapi. Forskning: Løselige TCR vil være en ny type reagens for spesifikk deteksjon av et gitt peptid på MHC, og vil kunne måle direkte det en nå måler indirekte, i T celleaktiv...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Oslo

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Toppforskningsprogrammets prosjekt ledet av Fari Saatcioglu

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Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Taxonomy and phyleogeography of deep-water calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans.Postdr./Utenl.s

We propose to combine traditional taxonomy based on detailed morphological analyses with molecular methods to investigate the N Atlantic and Arctic deep-sea calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea). Unfortunately Calcarea offer very few morphological characters for reliable (informative) phylogene...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Vestland

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Prokaryotic genomics in natural environments

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Awarded: NOK 38,467

Project Period: 2004-2007

Location: Vestland

GLOBFISK-Global fisk

PasGear- A data base package for experimental or artisanal fisheries data from passive gears

Programmet PasGear ble utviklet i perioden 1993 - 1999. Det er et dedikert program spesialtilpasset de forskjellige typer av fiskeridata som typisk innsamles ved forsknings- og forvaltningsinstitusjoner i mange land, spesielt ferskvannsfiskerier i utvikli ngsland. PasGeaar-programmet ble utviklet...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2005

Location: Vestland

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