0 projects

TU-Tungt utstyr

Transmisjons-elektronmikroskop

Elektronmikroskopi har en helt sentral plassering i forskningen innen en rekke felt av realfagene. Teknisk sett har mikroskopene og tilknyttet analyseutstyr utviklet seg meget sterkt de siste tiår, og kontinuerlig oppgradering og fornyelse er en grunnleg gende forutsetning for at forskningsprosj...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2005

Location: Vestland

KREFTSATS-Særutlysning kreftmidler, historikk

Molecular mechanisms of androgen action and prostate carcinogenesis

Androgens have a pivotal role in the development and maintenance of the male reproductive system, the normal prostate, as well as the initiation and progression of prostate cancer . Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-cutaneous cancer and s econd leading cause of cancer death in me...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2008

Location: Oslo

F-GEO-Naturvitenskap, geofag

Baroclinic Rossby waves and oceanic variability

We propose to examine the oceanic response to changes in atmospheric forcing. Satellite data suggests that westward propagating signals consistent with baroclinic Rossby waves account for a significant fraction of oceanic variability in many regions. Rece ntly, researchers have suggested these wa...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Oslo

IKTSIKKER-IKT sikkerhet og sårbarhet

Advanced Cryptographic Techniques

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Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Vestland

F-INF-Naturvitenskap, informatikk

PLI-AST - Programming language independent Abstract Syntax Trees

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Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Vestland

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

Novel Radical Reactions for Selective Organic Synthesis

Metal catalysis is extensively used in the formation of C-C bonds, but in the last decade free-metal catalytic processes are also desirable, expecially from an environmental point of view. The project will focus on the development of selective radical reactions involving electron deficient nitroa...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Vestland

F-GEO-Naturvitenskap, geofag

Permafrost in Northern Europe - permafrost distribution and dynamics in Iceland and Norway

The sensitivity of the upper permafrost layers with respect to decadal climatic changes and the potential consequences of permafrost evolution on surface processes, landscape dynamics and natural hazards in high-alpine environments makes knowledge about t he spatial distribution patterns of mount...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Oslo

KOSK-Katalyse og organisk syntetisk kjemi

Metal Clusters and Industrial Catalysis. Reactions of Hydrocarbons with Platinum and Ruthenium Clusters

Hensikten med prosjektet er å få bedre kunnskap og forståelse av elementære reaksjonstrinn på industrielle katalysatorer, især dehydrogenering av alkaner på klynger av innskuddsmetallatomer. Sammenheng mellom klyngestørrelse, fysikalske egenskaper og reak tivitet vil være av særlig interesse.

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2005

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Functional Biomacromolecules for Application in Controlled Drug Delivery

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Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Oslo

F-FYS-Naturvitenskap, fysikk

Simulation studies of the physical potential of the ATLAS detector in some selected processes

Prosjektet vil bygge på eksisterende arbeid gjort under hovedfaget og videreføre dette gjennom publisering av eksisterende arbeid i en ATLAS scientific note. Videre vil en overgang til nyere og bedre dataprogram, dvs. fra en FORTRAN basert kode til C++ ko de, være høyst relevant, og data produser...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Vestland

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Semiconductor nanostructure research at the Norwegian Microtechnology Centers Microtechnology Research Laboratory

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Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Oslo

BIOFYS-Fysiologiske og anatomiske fag

Characterization of electrical membrane properties during phagocytosis in eukaryotic cells

The objective for this project is to study the process of phagocytosis, using the macrostome form of the polymorphic ciliate Tetrahymena vorax as a model organism. The process of phagocytosis in ciliates and mammalian cells has many features in common imp lying that this system arose early in evo...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Preparation of new chemically nanostructured materials via exfoliation of layered materials

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Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2008

Location: Oslo

BIOBIOT-Biologi, bioteknologi, Mat. Nat.

Functional and Structural Studies of Different Ribonucleotide Reductases and Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.

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Awarded: NOK 33,687

Project Period: 2003-2004

Location: Oslo

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Pancreas disease (PD). Utvikling av diagnostiske metoder og karakterisering av norske SPD-virus isolater

Infeksjoner som skyldes pancreas disease (PD) fører til tapsbringende sykdommer i norsk oppdrettsnæring. Sykdommen er vanskelig å diagnostisere. Viruset er vanskelig å dyrke i cellekultur og det er mye som tyder på at sykdommen er underdiagnostisert på gr unn av at infeksiøst pankreas virus ofte ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Vestland

TEKNO-Naturvitenskap, grunnleggende teknologi

Numerical modeling of gas, vapour and dust explosions in pipers and linked vessels

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as a tool for simulating gas explosions has matured for the last two decades to the point where it is now considered a valuable tool for quantifying the effects of an explosions in a congested (obstructed) environment, e .g. an off-shore oil and gas producting p...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Vestland

SOP-Strategiske oppfølgingsplaner

Oppfølgingstiltak i forb. med evalueringer og fagplaner

Samling av geofagminjøene og oppbygging av fokuserte geomiljøer, jf Geofag i Artikkel 6.2 Den internasjonale evalueringen så vel som den nasjonale fagplanen anbefalte en sterkere koordinering av de forskjellige geomiljøene ved UiO, inkludert en mer målrettet innstas innen et begrenset antall fago...

Awarded: NOK 16.6 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Oslo

SOP-Strategiske oppfølgingsplaner

Oppfølgingstiltak for 2003 ifb. med evalueringer og fagplaner

Sterkere vitenskapelig ledelse av instituttene – startpakker til de nye instituttlederne, jf. Startpakker i Artikkel 6.2 I tråd med fagevalueringenes analyse og anbefalinger styrker fakultetet ledelse av instituttene gjennom å gi instituttlederne virkemidler for faglig utvikling av instituttet. F...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2010

Location: Vestland

BP-FAG-Naturvitensk,berg og petroleum

Integrated hydrocarbon system analysis and hydrocarbon quality assessment, South Viking Graben Area, North Sea

The project will integrate geo- and yield-history work with oil and gas quality alterations. This involves work into the areas of source rock variability, yield compositions through the oil maturation window, and in-reservoir alterations such as biodegrad ation and segregation. Once integrated, s...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2005

Location: Vestland

BIOMOL-Molekylær biovitenskap og bioteknologi

Cloning, overexpression and spectroscopic characterisation of neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS) mutants

The aim of the project is to investigate the reaction mechanism of the important enzyme neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase(nNOS). nNOS catalyses the oxidation of 1-arginine by molecular oxygen to citrulline and the important signalling molecule NO. The reacti on cycle is proposed to include many inte...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Oslo

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Bioprospecting and strategies for industrial utilization of anthocyanins and other flavonoids from plants

Anthocyanin pigment content plays a critical role in the colour quality of many fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. As food additive anthocyanins are collectively labelled E 163. In recent years there has been intense interests in the anthocyanin/f lavonoid content in food, wine and nutrac...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2008

Location: Vestland

F-MAT-Naturvitenskap, matematikk

Length categories and algebraic D-modules

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Awarded: NOK 0.64 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2004

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

New Catalysts for Activation and Functionalization of Alkanes

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Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Oslo

MILJO-Miljøstøtte

Endocytosis and intracellular sorting machinery for molecules involved in MHC-II antigen-presentation

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Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2008

Location: Oslo

F-MAT-Naturvitenskap, matematikk

Approaching challenges in finite group theory using homological algebra

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Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2005

Location: Oslo

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Natural gas and biotechnology: bioprospecting of methane-oxidizing bacteria (NABI).

Methanotrophic bacteria are widespread in nature and can grow on methane, the major component of natural gas, as the sole source of carbon and energy. As one of the world's major producers of natural gas, Norway has a great potential for developing an ext ensive industry based on the use of natur...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Vestland

F-FYS-Naturvitenskap, fysikk

Structure and dynamics of trapped ions

The project focus on studies of the dynamics of molecules in various strong electromagnetic fields, development of new flexible numerical methods as well as studies of the validity of various classical applications. In particular geometrical effects indu ced by the molecular orientation with res...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Vestland

F-FYS-Naturvitenskap, fysikk

Real space methods for analyzing random fields, with applications to the cosmic microwave background

During the next few years a wealth of new cosmological data is expected to be released to the scientific community, and in particular the cosmic microwave background will be measured to a high precision. The scientific challenges are therefor expected to shift from producting experimental data, t...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2006

Location: Oslo

BIOEVO-Evolusjonsbiologi og økologi

Towards an increased understanding of broad-scale patterns and processes in ecology - worldwide comparison of macroecological patterns along

nderstanding the mechanisms and dynamics of natural ecosystems is a major goal for ecologists and biogeographers. In this project we will focus on the description, characterisation, and analysis of macroecological patterns and the mechanisms that create t hese patterns. The macroecological patter...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2005

Location: Vestland

F-KJEM-Naturvitenskap, kjemi

Exploring the phase-space of network-forming liquids: liquid-liquid transitions, fragility and chemical disorder

Studies of liquids, particularly during compression or supercooling, have indicated the existence of phase transitions in the liquid state, and the first experimental evidence for liquid-liquid phase transition has recently been reported for molten phosph orus. A first order transition between tw...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Oslo