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FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Functional genomics of synaptic communication and memory storage

Memory is thought to be arise from enduring, plastic changes in the strength of synaptic communication. The core cellular event in this process is the synthesis of new mRNA and protein. The scientific aim of this project is to provide original insight int o the regulation of gene networks and pro...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Vestland

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Exploration of unique pharmaceutical activities of molecules isolated from Arctic and sub-Arctic marine organisms; The "Marbio" programme

The aim of Part A (see below) in the Marbio programme is to establish a platform for the screening of new pharmaceuticals from cold adapted marine organisms. This unit will have the capacity to collect, extract and by high-throughput efficiency, identify drug leads with unique bioactivities withi...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in clinical and envirionmental settings: prevalence, host diversity, and transfer of blaTEM genes

This study seeks to determine the prevalence, allele diversity, mobility and epidemiology of blaTEM (ampicillin) resistance genes and their hosts in a broad range of clinical and environmental settings. Recent studies suggest that environmental population s of bacteria can be an important reservo...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Consented to contribute to the common good?

The scientific aim of the ”consentenced to contribute to the common good?” project is to exprore ethical relationships between the research subjects contributing to a biobank, and the perceived outcome of biobank research. In the recent Norwegian biobank law proposal, this relationship is regul...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Infection with Parvicapsula (Myxosporea) in farmed Atlantic salmon. Taxonomy, epizootiology, pathology and biology

An unidentified myxosporean parasite in the genus parvicapsula has caussed significant mortality in farmed Atlantic salmon in northern Norway. This parasite has never previously been seen in Norway. It is feard that the parasite may also have negative con sequences for wild populations of Atlanti...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2010

Location: Akershus

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Betydningen av apolipoprotein E polymorfismen for sykdomsutvikling

Apolipoprotein E (apoE) er et molekyl som er viktig for kolesteroltransport mellom celler. Molekylet produseres og skilles ut i blodet fra leveren, men dannes også i andre organer. Tre varianter, apoE2, apoE3 og apoE4, kodes av allelene e2, e3 og e4 i et lokus på kromosom 19. I forhold til det "...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2014

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Mitochondrial DNA repair and implication for aging and cancer

Mitochondrial DNA repair and implication for aging and cancer Aging and a number of age-related diseases/syndromes are associated with accumulation of oxidative DNA damages and mutations in the mitochondria. Mitchondrial DNA repair is essential to remove DNA damages and thus limit the amount of m...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Molecular mechanisms of viral disease in Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar L.)

This basic research programme, addressing molecular mechanisms of viral disease in Atlantic salmon, will draw on expertise from fish biology and successful salmon research programmes including the ISA disease and the salmon genome, to investigate viral di sease in marine species. The programme ai...

Awarded: NOK 19.5 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Atlantic salmon - our most important raw material for food production: Knowledge basis for increased pre-rigor processing in Norway.

Independent of localization most industry has based their production of salmon on post-rigor raw material of approximately the same freshness. Since post-rigor filleting requires several days of storage from slaughter, rigor development is combined with c hilled transportation to the process indu...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Akershus

SFF-Sentre for fremragende forskn

Centre for the Biology of Memory, CBM/ Senter for hukommelsesbiologi

Sluttrapport: SFF-bevilgningen til Centre for the Biology of Memory (CBM) la grunnlaget for et gjennombrudd i vår forståelse av hvordan stedsans og hukommelse oppstår i hjernen. Ett av de mest sentrale spørsmålene i Senter-søknaden i 2001-2002 var hvorda n plass-signaler oppstår i nerveceller i ...

Awarded: NOK 96.5 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SFF-Sentre for fremragende forskn

Center of Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, CMBN/Senter for molekylærbiologi og nevrovitenskap

Prosjektet tar sikte på å generere kunnskap som kan gi opphav til nye behandlingsprinsipper for viktige hjernesykdommer slik som slag og kroniske nevrodegenerative sykdommer. En rekke relevante biologiske prosesser og sykdomsmekanismer vil bli studert ved hjelp av et vidt spektrum av teknikker i...

Awarded: NOK 210.0 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2013

Location: Oslo

SFF-Sentre for fremragende forskn

Aquaculture Protein Centre, APC/Senter for proteinforskning i akvakultur

Forskningen ved Senter for proteinforskning i akvakultur (APC) har som siktemål å utvide ressursgrunnlaget for fôrproduksjon og dermed bidra til videre utvikling av akvakultur som næring i Norge og internasjonalt. Dette gjøres ved økt kunnskap og forbedri ng av eksisterende og nye proteinkilder f...

Awarded: NOK 100.0 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2014

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

FUGE- Bergen Regional Application (tilleggsbev 158792)

This application is a response to the call for regional funding within the FUGE program. Five professor II positions are requested to bring specific areas of expertise to the Bergen region in support of bioinformatics, proteomics, DNA microarray, marine functional genomic research, and studies i...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2009

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Strategy and Arrangements for Functional Genomics Research in Northern Norway - FUGE-N

Plan for anvendelse av tildeling av regionale midler – FUGE Nord-Norge Regionalt fagråd for FUGE i Nord-Norge utarbeidet høsten 2001 en strategiplan for satsingen innen funksjonelle genomstudier i regionen. Planen er vedtatt av Universitetet i Tromsø og støttet av de andre angjeldende institusjo...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Establishment of a Proteomics Unit in Bergen (PROBE)

PROBE aims to be part of a nationa service network, and will be established in 2002 and expanded in early 2003. A high-throughput MALDITOF-MS/MS-TOF/TOF will be installed 2002 at the Dept. of Pharmacology, thereby benefiting from one of the most sophisti cated MS user environments in the Nordic ...

Awarded: NOK 27.1 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2009

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Establishment of a SNP techology platform within an integrative genetics framework (sammenslåes med matprogram 153302/I10)

Most phenotypic traits in salmon and other commercially important marine species associated with health, growth, meat quality, and capacity for utilising new food items, have complex and partly interconnected genetic and regulatory architectures. To ensur e a continuous reduction in production co...

Awarded: NOK 45.9 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2009

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

FUGE 2002 - Consortium for Advanced Microbial Sciences and Technologies

Genomic science and related technologies have the power to revolutionize the field of microbiology, which will in turn improve the quality of life and provide unique economic opportunities. In order to fulfill this potential, strategic interventions are i mmediately needed to maintain and promote...

Awarded: NOK 21.8 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2010

Location: Oslo

SUP-NHD-Strategiske UoH-progr.fin.NHD

Bacillus cereus, Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus thuringiensis: comparative genomics and functional analysis

This project aims at advancing the current state of the art by: 1) Revealing the control mechanisms for expression of PlcR, to clarify whether additional factors are involved in transcriptional control of the PlcR-regulated genes and of plcR itself, to identify additional genes under PlcR regulat...

Awarded: NOK 10.1 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2011

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Development of new antimicrobial agents: Structure-Function Analysis and Construction of Antimicrobial Peptides

Antimicrobial peptides are produced by nearly all organisms - from bacteria to humans. These peptides may be developed into useful antimicrobial drugs and additives in food and animal feed. However, lack of insight into peptide-cell interactions and struc tural features (on peptides and target ce...

Awarded: NOK 14.3 mill.

Project Period: 2002-2009

Location: Oslo

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

Høyteknologi og utvikling: Cubas satsning på bioteknologi i helsevesenet og legemiddelsektoren

Prosjektets hensikt er å forklare Cubas spesielle resultater når det gjelder bruk av bioteknologi innenfor medisin og legemiddelproduksjon. Det vil bli lagt vekt på å forklare hvordan et fattig råvareproduserende utviklingsland under streng økonomisk boik ott har klart å etablere en høyteknologis...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2000-2009

Location: Oslo

SARS-SARS Intenational Center

Sars International Center

Sarssenteret er et internasjonalt forskningssenter etablert etter et initiativ fra Norges forskningsråd, Kirke- Undervisnings- og Forskningsdepartementet og Universitetet i Bergen. Oppbyggingen av Sarssenteret startet i 1997, og i dag jobber 32 personer f ra 14 ulike land ved senteret (Canada, Da...

Awarded: NOK 217.0 mill.

Project Period: 2000-2013

Location: Vestland

MABIT-Marin bioteknologi i Tromsø

Marin bioteknologi i Tromsø (MABIT)

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Awarded: NOK 125.5 mill.

Project Period: 1998-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa