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FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Norwegian Proteomics Consortium - Bergen

PROBE, the Norwegian proteomic platform, was established in 2002 by the Norwegian Research Council under the Functional Genomics Initiative (FUGE) to provide the Norwegian scientific community access to the best in proteomic technologies and competence. Located within the Institute of Biomedicine...

Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A FUGE Nor-MIC Node in Live Cell Imaging and Protein-Protein Interaction Analysis in Plants

There is a growing need to understand fundamental plant processes at the subcellular level. With respect to this it is of paramount importance to the Norwegian research community that a National Imaging Service and Training facility exists to meet these f uture demands. In addition a Molecular Im...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Rogaland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The nature, design and feasibility of robust climate agreements

This project aims to contribute internationally to the knowledge and understanding of the current climate regime, the climate negotiations, international environmental agreements more generally, and those aspects having to do with compliance, enforcement, participation, and regime design in part...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

PRAKSFOU-Praksisrettet FOU i skolen

Styringsutfordringer, organisasjon og ledelse i barnehagesektoren

Prosjektet retter oppmerksomheten mot utfordringer knyttet til styring, ledelse og organisering i et barnehagefelt i vekst og omdanning. Politisering og ekspansjon skjer samtidig med økt mangfold i organisering og eierstruktur og endringer i styringsambis joner og innhold. Overordnet problemstill...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

FINNUT-Forskning og innovasjon i utdanningssektoren

Meistring av førskulelærarrolla i eit arbeidsfelt med lekmannspreg.

Full barnehagedekning er ikkje berre eit spørsmål om å tilby barnehageplass til alle som ønskjer det. Det handlar også om å sikre barnehagane tilgang på motivert og kvalifisert personell. Førskulelærarane er sentrale i denne samanhengen, men det er også a ssistentane, som er i fleirtal blant dei ...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Møre og Romsdal

IT-FUNK-IT for funksjonshemmede

Read Perfect - individuell utforming av et lesevennlig skjermbilde

Bakgrunn Lesing på skjerm øker i forhold til trykte medier. De typografiske forholdene på skjerm er vesentlig dårligere enn i trykte media pga dårlig oppløsning og manglende kunnskaper i de tekniske fagmiljøene. Disse forholdene bringer mange mennesker in n i handlingsmønstre der skriftbasert inf...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Akershus

STAB-Statistikk og kunnsk.grunnlag

K2 seminarer, konferanser og komiteer

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Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Bacterial flagellin: a novel adjuvant for vaccine strategies

The focus will be on development of strongly protective vaccines aimed primarily to fish, but the knowledge generated will be highly relevant within vaccine development to mammalian species - as fish possess very similar immune defence mechanisms compared to mammalian species. This will be achie...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Nano-ionics for energy technology (NANIONET)- Integrated theoretical and experimental analysis of surfaces and microstructures

This proposal takes as its starting point the development of new patented proton conducting oxides, synthesis routes, and fabrication of fuel cell prototypes under the NANOMAT FOET project. Nano-science and modelling tools will be applied where particular challenges have been identified, namely ...

Awarded: NOK 6.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

PRAKSFOU-Praksisrettet FOU i skolen

Refleksjonsbaserte lærarmapper som reiskap for utvikling av vurderingskompetanse

Prosjektet fokuserer på korleis og i kva grad refleksjonsbaserte digitale mapper kan styrkje lærarane og lærarstudentane sin vurderingskompetanse. Prosjektet er både knytt til allmennlærarutdanninga ved HSH og til ein skuleutviklingsprosess på to Stord-s kular der målet er å betre læringsvilkåra...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Unified modelling for design and analysis in communicating organizations

Starting from challenges encountered by the industrial partners and known shortcomings of current shape representations in design and analysis we have defined the following 6 work packages: WP1: Correctness and conformity check of CAD-models. WP2: Repair of CAD-models WP3: Creation of iso-geom...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Novel nanomaterials and nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage applications

The present project will address: (i) new lightweight nanosized and nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage and (ii) a better understanding of processes for hydrogen uptake and release and the understanding of how catalysts improve kinetics and reve rsibility. The project will combine advan...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Communicating local governments: Implementing community informatics

The main goal of the project is to do an explorative analysis of the ways in which local communities in Norway adopt IT innovations and implement new digital services, and how their efforts are related to improve social capital and social values of citize ns. The emphasis is on providing a classi...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

NANOTRUST: Ethical conditions for a socially robust use of nanobiotechnology in aquaculture

A keyword in the proposed project is trust. We take the starting point that trust is a necessary prerequisite for social robust development and application of nanotechnology. New technologies as nanotechnology are framed by scientific uncertainty and igno rance both regarding positive and negativ...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SHP-Strategiske høgskoleprogram

Teknologi og design som kompetanseskaper for en fremtid i nord.

Mange samfunn i Nord-Norge og Finnmark er nå i inngangen på den største omstilling noen gang. Dette har sin årsak i at petroleumsaktiviteten i nord vil kunne føre til dramatiske omstillinger som vil kreve høgt kompetente medarbeidere. Skolemotivasjonen ha r imidlertid vært lav i Nord-Norge histor...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Pure and ultra-fine grained Titanium for biomedical applications

A high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility are properties which have made Ti-alloys the preferred metallic material for medical implants/prostheses. Depending on the type of implant, these alloys range from highly ductile a nd commercially pure variants, where a hi...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Nanoscale Control of Mineral Deposition within Polysaccharide Gel Networks

Controlled deposition of minerals within polysaccharide gels offers a new route to improve properties of gel based materials as well as to make new composites. By deposition of the mineral component within soft and compliant gel matrix, we will create new composite materials with controlled mech...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Dissection of Epigenetic Mechanisms and Transcriptional Networks in Seed Development

Seed development is the product of double fertilization of the egg cell and the central cell by two sperm cells from the pollen and requires a coordinated interplay of the transcriptional programmes in the embryo, the endosperm and the maternal seed coat. Parent of origin dependent expression pl...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Functional and structural characterization of the membrane-integrated plastid phosphate translocators

Atomic structures of proteins provided a wealth of information about the functioning of proteins at the molecular level, e.g. the catalytic mechanisms of enzymes, pointing to the enormous impact of X-ray crystallography on modern biology. Because of techn ical hurdles almost all of the more than ...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Structure based rules for protein kinase inhibitor selectivity

Protein kinase inhibitors are now emerging as a major class of new targeted drugs. Many diseases, especially cancers, are associated with disregulation of signalling pathways, and modulation of protein kinase activity is now a clearly validated approach f or therapy. Because there are over 500 pr...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Mechanisms mediating transfer and persistence of antibiotic resistance, and dissemination of virulence genes in streptococci and enterococci

The present project will study mechanisms for genome variation and maintenance in two closely related groups of bacteria Streptocococcus pneumonia and Enterococcus (E. faecalis and E. faecium). While S. pneumonia is considered as a sole pathogen, though 4 0% of humans carry this species, the two ...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

IMAGING GENETICS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA. A WHOLE GENOME - BRAIN MRI STUDY

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms, cognitive dysfunction and poor outcome, and is a major public health problem with a high cost for society. Brain imaging studies have shown structural abnormalities and dy sfunction in specific brain regions. The ...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

STAB-Statistikk og kunnsk.grunnlag

Innovasjon og vekst i ressursbaserte øknonomier

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Awarded: NOK 0.62 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

STAB-Statistikk og kunnsk.grunnlag

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Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

DT-Stream: Delay Tolerant Streaming Services

Delay and disruption tolerant networking is a new research area that aims to develop protocols for "disconnected" networks, i.e., where there is no direct path from sender to receiver at a given time, but such a path may come into existence later. Applica tion domains are sensor networks, vehicle...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Semantisk interoperabilitet i kommuniserende og samhandlende organisasjoner

Sammendrag Dette er en søknad hvor offentlig virksomhet er bridragsyter. Den overordnede idéen er å bidra til økt samhandling i offentlig sektor og, som et resultat av det, mellom offentlig og privat sektor. Vi finner svar på både organisatoriske og sema ntiske interoperabilititetsutfordringer g...

Awarded: NOK 17.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Functional genomics in ascidians through insertional mutagenesis and homologous recombination

Ascidians, or sea squirts, are marine invertebrate chordates. Their critical evolutionary position as basal chordates and the simplicity of their embryogenesis have attracted great attention from developmental and evolutionary biologists. Recently, ascid ians have become one of the most promisin...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

Quality of Experience in Virtual Collaboration

Virtual collaboration, in the form of video or telephone conferencing, is to some degree aiming at reproducing a real-life meeting, but technological shortcomings sofar make it a less than perfect reproduction with limitations for both media types that ar e transferred, video and audio. A most se...

Awarded: NOK 8.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

zEPISTEM: DEFINING STEMNESS BY ASSESSING THE EPIGENETIC BASIS OF PLURIPOTENCY IN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS OF ZEBRAFISH

Chromatin organization around active or repressed genes starts to be elucidated, but the packaging of a gene into a chromatin structure compatible with potential for transcription, such as in a pluripotent cell, is largely unknown. The zEPISTEM research p rogram aims at identifying novel gene mar...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Epigenetic gene regulation: The 'conspiracy' between chromatin modification and transcription factors.

An important aspect of gene regulation involves the interconversion between transcriptionally permissive euchromatin and repressive heterochromatin, which in part is regulated by post-translational modifications of the nucleosomal histone tails. The patte rns of histone modification (the histone ...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo