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MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: VEGA 2045: World heritage and local knowledge - integrated modelling and scenario building for nature and cultural heritage management

The project VEGA 2045 will address three important and inter-connected environmental challenges related to on-going developments along coastal areas in general, and along the coast of North Norway in particular. Firstly, there is the challenge of establis hing ways of conserving biodiversity and ...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

Miljøvennlig og kostnadseffektiv logistikk i Norge ved varekjøp fra Kina.

Den overordnede idé for prosjektet er å undersøke hvilke spesielle krav og utfordringer som knytter seg til integrerte forsyningskjeder fra Kina til Norge. I dette prosjektet ønsker vi å belyse seks forhold: - Hvilke konsekvenser har valget av transportk orridorer, kanaler og distribusjonspunkte...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

VANN: Quantitative and population genetic models for the effect of escaped farmed salmon on genetic variation and fitness in wild population

The overall aim of the project is to advance the understanding of evolutionary and demographic effects of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon on wild salmon populations using and extending existing mathematical models. Artificial selection for increased gro wth performance in farmed salmon have led...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Handel med oppdrettsfisk - hva er suksesskriteriene?

Prosjektet forkuserer på tre overordnede spørsmål.: 1) Hvilke grep har man gjort i eksporten av oppdrettsartene laks, pangasius og tilapia i det internasjonale markedet som har gjort at man har lykkes i å ekspandere eksporten både med hensyn til volum og marked? 2) Hvorfor har man ikke lykkes å f...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Economic Effects of marine fishing tourism - the case of coastal regions in Norway

The Norwegian fisheries authorities have stated that the lack of research-based knowledge on marine fishing tourism overall makes it difficult to decide on future management measures to secure a sustainable management and an economically viable distributi on of coastal fish resources between mari...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Fjord ecosystems - Sami communities: Local ecological knowledge and socio-ecological history

The project will bring forth management-relevant knowledge about a largely neglected part of Norway's marine/coastal environment; the northern fjords. This will be achieved through cross-disciplinary partnership, including marine scientists from Institute for Marine Research, international co-op...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

FARMED COD SPAWNING IN NET PENS: OFFSPRING RECRUITMENT UNDER NATURAL CONDITIONS AND INTERBREEDING WITH WILD LOCAL STOCK

Escapes of farmed fish from the aquaculture industry as well as large-scale stock enhancement/ranching activities are regarded as a risk factor for negative genetic impacts on native gene pools. The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) is now the most interesti ng new marine species for large-scale far...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Innovative and Safe Seafood - Processing, Hygiene, Spectroscopy

The proportion of meals that are prepared outside of the home is increasing. Meeting the three consumer mega-trends convenience, health and sensory enjoyment, are vital for a products' success in the marketplace. For fish products, convenience is the lack ing area, and hence one that is in need o...

Awarded: NOK 24.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Seafood and mental health: Uptake and effects of marine nutrients and contaminants alone or in combination on neurological function.

Seafood as part of a balanced diet is thought to play a central role in the battle against the increasing occurrence of lifestyle diseases with neurological disorders being pinpointed as one of the greatest threats to public health worldwide. However, sea food may in addition to contributing with...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Modern tools for the study of host-agent interactions of emerging fish diseases

The sustained success of aquaculture is largely dependent on the ability to counter emerging diseases. Human pathogens may possibly also find their niche in new production forms, and give rise to potential seafood safety problems. The research programme i s aiming at the implementation of modern ...

Awarded: NOK 15.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Akershus

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Fish welfare and performance in recirculating aquaculture systems

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), in which fish tank water is recycled with the aid of biological filters, is little used in Norway. RAS may offer advantages over traditional flow-through (FT) systems, regarding sustainability and fish welfare, but these aspects have been little studied f...

Awarded: NOK 18.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A National Service Platform for Global Analysis of Genome Structure and Function. The Norwegian Microarray Consortium (NMC)

The FUGE Microarray Platform is run by the Norwegian Microarray Consortium (NMC), based on a formal institutional collaboration between RR/UiO, NTNU, and UiB. We offer in-house production of standard and custom arrays, expression and genomic profiling ser vices (RNA or DNA in-DATA out) with diffe...

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Unravelling the Vicious Circle: Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Small-scale Fisheries

In this project we question how poverty can be alleviated through ecosystem-based management of natural resources. Alleviating poverty sometimes requires strategies which are inherently in conflict. This is particularly the case in economies based on natu ral resources. As one seeks to reduce pov...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Habitat restoration in overgrazed areas on the northern Norwegian coast

The principal objective is to test the hypotheses that former kelp forests that were grazed by sea urchins can be restored by artificially re-introduce three-dimensional habitats. This may promote colonisation of sea urchin predators that may reduce recru itment of sea urchin populations and indu...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Oslo

MAROFF-2-Maritim virksomhet og offsh-2

New International Training and Pre-Simulation Concept for Arctic Marine Operations - Phase 2

Prosjektet er en videreføring av Fase 1 som har resultert i grunnleggende nye algoritmer som danner basis for sanntids simulering av is. Algoritmene vil i fase 2 bli raffinert og tunet inn mot simulatoren. Validering av resultatene vil bli utført på tanks kip i is og i istank i Tyskland. Algori...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SMARTRANS-Næringslivets transp. og ITS

FIESTA Forskning på Implementeringsprosesser og Effektiviseringspotensialet i ny SporbarhetsTeknologi Anvendt på verdikjeden for fisk

FIESTA-prosjektet tar utgangspunkt i ny IT-teknologi anvendt på verdikjeden for pelagisk fisk. Basert på TraceFish-standarden blir det utviklet ny programvare som bidrar til å forbedre sporbarhetsinformasjonen i verdikjeden. Dette er helt nødvendig for å møte kommende EU-krav til sporbarhet i mat...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Survey Methods for Abundance Estimation of Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) Stocks

Sandeels are small eel-like fish that is laterally compressed and without swimbladder that swim in large shoals and inhabit areas with specific sandy substrate into which they burrow. Sandeels are distributed in coastal and shallow open-ocean waters throu ghout the North Sea, but the geographical...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

MAritime REsources of the BArents SEa: Satellite data driven monitoring in the context of increase of commercial efficiency of the fishery

The main objective of the four-year project is to advance our capability to monitor the Barents Sea maritime resources focusing on the increase of the commercial efficiency of the fishery. It is anticipated that implementation of the developed monitoring system will result in significant reductio...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A NATIONAL SERVICE PLATFORM FOR GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF GENOME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: THE NORWEGIAN MICROARRAY CONSORTIUM

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Vestland

GNBIO-Grunnleggende næringsrettet bioteknologi

Development of assays for diagnostics of viral diseases in farmed salmon: New tools for disease control based on host-pathogen interaction

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Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

KelpPredict: Kelp community structure and function; analysing interactions and developing models along multiple exposure gradients

The Laminaria hyperborea kelp forests and its associated biodiversity are under pressure by kelp trawling, grazing by sea urchins, changing climate (storms) and pollutions (eutrophication). These pressures are related to exposure gradients, e.g. sea urchi n grazing is found in the more sheltered ...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

The population biology and ecology of the world's northernmost harbour seals in a changing Arctic

"The population biology and ecology of the world's northernmost harbour seals in a changing Arctic" har vært et svært produktivt forskningsprogram. Steinkobbe på Svalbard er en unik genetisk bestand som har vært isolert fra andre bestander i rundt 1000 år. Den har vært gjennom en såkalt genetisk ...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Development of genetic markers for population biology studies of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus L)

The Northeast Atlantic Mackerel supports one of the most valuable European fisheries producing up to 700000 tonnes per year. Historically the Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock has been split into three spawning components, a western, a southern and a Nort h Sea component. Prior studies have demo...

Awarded: NOK 0.78 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Factors of importance for bioaccumulation and effects of new and old POPs in a seabird top predator, the great skua

Despite declining levels of many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as PCB and DDT, new emerging pollutants, notably brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have increased in northern ecosystems, including the Arctic, in the last two decades. The knowledge a...

Awarded: NOK 8.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Differential neuroendocrine regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in Atlantic cod and GFP-transgenic medaka.

This project investigates how pituitary gonadotrope cells develop and mature during puberty, and how the two gonadotropins, FSH and LH, are differentially regulated. Puberty is regulated by the brain-pituitary-gonad axis. Forebrain GnRH binds to specific receptors on pituitary gonadotropes, there...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Local NOR-MIC BioImaging node at the University of Tromsø

At the University of Tromsø we now establish a core facility for BioImaging. This core facility will be equipped with instruments aimed at imaging, flow cytometri, cell sorting and plate/membrane readers of fluorescent and chemiluminescent signals. For th is core facility we will have two full-ti...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

The Proteomics Core Facility at the University of Tromsø as a node in the national consortium of proteomics platforms (NorProteomics)

The core facility for Proteomics in Tromsø has been fully operational since the end of 2004. The main purpose of the facility has been to serve research labs in the FUGE North region. The facility has 3 Mass spectrometer systems from Waters/Micromass. A M ALDI Micro MX, a Q-TOF Ultima Global with...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

The CIGENE node of the Norwegian Sequencing and Genotyping Service Platform

CIGENE's mandate in the FUGE I period has been to: A. Establish and maintain a national core facility providing: (i) - a high-throughput SNP-typing service for human, animal, plant and microbial materials, (ii) - key competence concerning identification a nd methodological integration of experime...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Channel 2 application for continuation of FUGE MIC Trondheim in FUGE II period (2007-2011)

MIC Trondheim wants to continue in the FUGE II period with MR as the core technology, and will expand in capacity with acquisition of new MR equipment, and expand the high-level competence necessary for offering a wide variety of methods tailored to the u ser's research tasks. A goal is to establ...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Ultra-high throughput sequencing platform

Recent technological breakthroughs making possible low cost ultra-high throughput gene sequencing (UTS) open up a new era within biology. It is now possible to sequence a bacterial genome in less than a week, a human chromosome in 3-4 weeks or generate m illions of metagenomic sequences in days....

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

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