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PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Quantifying the Effects of Sediment Deposition, Compaction and Pore Fluid on Rock Properties and Seismic Signatures

Primary sediment compositon (provenance), depositional environments and mechanical and chemical compaction have strong impact on the physical and seismic properties of the subsurface. By trying to quantify relations between geological processes and geophy sical (seismic) parameters, we will incre...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

NEVRONOR-Nasjonal satsing på nevrovitenskap f

The Norwegian Multiple Sclerosis Registry and Biobank

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated, inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) in genetically susceptible individuals. It is a disabling disease of young adults, with no curable treatment available. There is growing knowledge of s everal aspects of the disease, but the et...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

DualPET-MR

The main objective for this project is to develop dual-modality PET-MR for molecular biology and medicine which will allow for the combined and simultaneous use of positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR). In such a combined machine the PET provides information from molecula...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Gene-environment interaction analyses and oral clefts in Norway

Norway has several large epidemiological studies with genetic bio-banks that may be used in etiologic research. Examples are the CONOR-cohort and the MoBa-cohort of children with mothers and fathers. Optimal analysis of such studies requires integration o f both genetic and environmental effects....

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

THE HORDALAND WOMEN'S COHORT STUDY. A planned 15-year (1997-2012) follow up incidence study of urinary incontinence, and associated factors

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common condition with a prevalence of about 25% of adult women, that affects the physical, psychosocial, and economic well-being. Longitudinal studies of incidence, remission and natural history are scarce. The Hordaland wo men's cohort study is an ongoing 15-year ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Exposure expression profiles in a prospective cancer study - The Norwegian Women and Cancer postgenome cohort

From 1991 women in Norway has been recruited to participate in NOWAC by postal questionnaires. They are drawn at random from the population through the central person register. Follow-up on cancer and death is based on linkage to national registers. Altog ether 150 000 women aged 30-70 years at r...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Investigation of equiaxed dendritic alloy solidification by in-situ synchrotron X-radiography and phase-field modelling

Important aspects of alloy solidification is poorly understood due to lack of means to observe the microstructure formation processes in situ during solidification. A new method, developed by the applicant, for in-situ acquisition of high resolution sync hrotron X-radiograms will be used to obta...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Does ovarian fluid favour MHC-dissimilar sperm?

When males provide nothing but genes, female choice of mates is expected to favour individuals that can best increase offspring survival. This selection process may not only occur at an individual level, but also on the gamete level. Recent studies have i ndicated that the ova may select sperm on...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

The role of T cell specific adapter protein in T cell activation and autoimmunity

Genetic variation in genes controlling T cell activation may be responsible for individual differences in fine-tuning of the immune response. Such variability may account for part of the genetic susceptibility to develop autoimmune diseases. Having a majo r interest in elucidating the aetiology o...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Oslo

FRITEK-Teknologi

Micropower sensor interface in nanometer CMOS technology

The "Micropower sensor interface in nanometer CMOS technology" project aims at developing new and unique methods for low power digital sensor interfacing using state-of-the art nanometer CMOS-technology within the framework of biomedical wireless sensor n etworks. The major result of the project ...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Dynamics underlying astrocyte behaviour

For a long time astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell species, have been considered passive bystanders of neural activity. The picture that is now emerging is that astrocytes are critically involved in regulating brain function. Despite extensive exper imental efforts, a thorough understanding...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Challenging atomistic processes in SiC

This proposal addresses fundamental issues regarding atomistic phenomena occurring during modification and processing of silicon carbide (SiC). SiC is a novel wide bandgap semiconductor with an outstanding potential beyond the silicon era. However, to rea lize this potential, a number of critical...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

L-Ornithine and phenylacetate: A novel and effective therapy for hepatic encephalopathy

Background: The major therapeutic target for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy is ammonia. Our extensive investigations in animal models and also in humans with cirrhosis support the view that the major organ removing ammonia in patients with cirrho sis is the muscle, converting ammonia to ...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Hydrogen production from natural gas in high-temperature membrane reactors: Advanced catalysis from atoms to processes

The project deals with a development of a catalyst system in a high temperature hydrogen permeable membrane reactor, enabling production of hydrogen and CO2 simultaneously from natural gas. The active, stable and cheap catalysts will be developed by new c atalyst design through the combination of...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Automatic weed assessment for precision spraying in cereals

The load of herbicides on Norwegian cereals fields is unnecessarily high. The spraying represents an unnecessary cost for farmers, in Norway estimated to about 20 millions NOK yearly, and lots of herbicides superfluously spread to the environment. The mos t important reason for this excessive her...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Preclinical diagnosis of prion disease

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a threat to food safety and to human and animal health. Diagnosis of these diseases and early detection of the infective agent is vital for future spread and prevention of disease. The identification of candidate molecules as biomarkers of pre...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Stability and mobility of Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages in clinical and environmental strains of Escherichia coli O103

E. coli O103 belongs to a subset of serotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) associated with severe human illnesses. Shiga toxin (Stx) production is essential but not sufficient for virulence in pathogenic STEC as factors involved in att achment, haemolysis and iron scavenging a...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

The role of excitatory amino acid in Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is characterised by death of dopamine containing neurons in the substantia nigra. Long term levo-dopa treatment has severe side effects and is potentially toxic for neurons. The need for alternative treatments in Parkinson's disease is urgent. To accomplish this, further rese...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

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

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the hippocampal memory system studied by in vivo recording in behaving animals

A major challenge in neuroscience is to explain behaviour in terms of molecular, cellular and neuronal network mechanisms. We will study mechanisms of the medial temporal lobe memory system by in vivo recording of hippocampal single unit and neuronal netw ork activity (EEG) in freely mowing rats ...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Technology and methods using high-density microarrays for detection of unknown genetic modifications in plants, fungi and bacteria

To ensure the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) they are subjected to risk assessment prior to release into the environment and use in e.g. food production. Such known GMOs are considered to be as safe as conventional varieties. GMOs for whi ch publicly available descriptions are un...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

Market-based Impact Mitigation for the environment

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Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Universell Utforming i Multimodale Grensesnitt

Prosjektet vil bidra til å inkludere flere mennesker i det moderne informasjonssamfunnet ved å utvikle mellomvare, kunnskap og retningslinjer. Mellomvaren skal: a. generere brukerprofiler vha. IKT-støttet kartlegging av brukernes kognitive ferdigheter, b. danne et programvarebibliotek med funksj...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Security infrastructure for the open source EUX2010 VoIP system

The project will address security and trust in business-critical enterprise VoIP/PBX/multimedia solutions based on open standards and free/open source software. One goal is to develop a viable security architecture/framework fulfilling the security needs of lager enterprises and public organisati...

Awarded: NOK 11.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Fixed mobile convergence project

Telio har siden 2003 vært ledende på telefoni over internett (VoIP-Voice over Internet Protocol. VoiP teknologien, erstatter telefonbrukere tradisjonelle telefonlinjer ved å ringe over internett. Foretaket ønsker nå å igangsette en FoU satsning for å gå inn i mobiltelefon markedet, fordi prosj...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

STAMCELLER-Stamcelleforskning

Impact of DNA base lesion repair for stem cell maintenance

DNA damage (mutations) are the fundamental cause of all forms of cancer and a number of different but integrated processes operate to prevent genetic changes from occurring. These include cell cycle regulation, DNA replication, transcription, DNA repair, regulation and sanitation of nucleotide po...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Nye bioteknologiske metoder for konservering av spermier fra okse og råne

Formålet med prosjektet er å utvikle en helt ny måte å bevare befruktningsevnen til sædceller fra okse og råne, og samtidig utvikle metoder slik at sædcellene kan lagres lengre før inseminasjon. Videre er formålet å etablere metoder slik at det etter inse minasjon finnes befruktningsdyktige sædce...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Innlandet

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Phytophthora diseases in Rosaceae: Plant resistance and plant-pathogen interactions

Each year strawberry- and raspberry producers experience serious economical losses due to fungal or oomycete diseases. In this project we will address two such diseases, strawberry crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum) and raspberry root rot (Phytophthora fra gariae var. rubi). An efficient control m...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Functional genomics of wood degradation: strategies used by decay fungi against wood protection systems and natural host defence compounds

Fungal decay of wood products is a global problem that has been traditionally combated with chemical preservatives. There is currently a great demand for alternatives to contemporary chemical preservatives due to their toxicity to the environment, and the current Strategic Institute Program (SIP...

Awarded: NOK 10.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

AGILE

Programvare er kritisk for vårt moderne samfunn. Samtidig er programvarebransjen en av de største eksportrettede bransjene i Norge. I 2003 hadde bransjen mer enn 15.000 ansatte og en omsetning på over 24 milliarder kroner. Programvarebransjen skiller seg fra annen industri ved at den utelukkend...

Awarded: NOK 14.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Teknologi for spesialtilpasset videoovervåkning

Bruken av overvåkningsteknologi er økende i vårt samfunn, for å beskytte og sikre offentlige og privat bygninger, arbeidsplasser (buss, bensinstasjon, taxi), anlegg (tunneler, maskiner) og gjenstander mot ulykker, skadeverk, kriminalitet og terrorhandling er. Ved å utvikle mer intelligente videoo...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

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