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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

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A FUGE Proteomics node at DMF, NTNU

Proteomics has become increasingly important within functional genomics to assess gene expression analyses, to identify biomarkers for disease, to understand how proteins functionally interact, and to identify post-translational modifications that drive the interactions and modify protein functi...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

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

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 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

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

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Aleström Zebrafish Lab - activities beyond the research projects 2007-2011

The major focus of the AZLab services are two-fold: 1) Being a regional center, in an national and international network of transgenic zebrafish laboratories, with capacity to offer access to the zebrafish model for academic and commercial partners. 2) Es tablish a unique training program in zebr...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Fire history in Trillemarka

Fire is the principal disturbance process in boreal forests, and little is known about the historical variability of fire frequency in Norway. An understanding of the historic variability in disturbance regimes is essential for implementing ecosystem mana gement. This Ph.D. project will study fir...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Trees as drivers of silvopastoral system function

The silvopastoral system is a livestock production option that involves the interaction of woody components (shrubs and trees), herbaceous forage and the different species of domestic herbivores. This system of meat and milk production has many advantages in the tropics both for food production ...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: A new model approach to assess genetically modified plants: their ecotoxicity and potential interactions with environmental pollutants

Genetically modified (GM) plants from modern biotechnology have already a history as commercialised feed and food products. The agricultural industry using GM techniques is rapidly increasing and represents large scale options and challenges for both soci eties and ecosystems. Environmental impac...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Norms, green agents and environmental policy

Economic theory and policy prescriptions traditionally rely on the assumption of selfish, rational agents. Clearly, this approximation is descriptively inaccurate in the context of environmental issues. Recent advances in theory and methodology now allow economists to rigorously treat social norm...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Indoor air pollution. A neglected poverty related cause of global ill health -impl. for health and society of promoting clean fuels in China

Smoke from solid fuels (biomass and coal) burned in households is among the leading health threats for people in developing countries, and is responsible for more than 1.6 million premature deaths annually - a quarter of which occur in China. Dependency o n these fuels thus constitutes a main str...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Global gene expression of human and rat brain: an integrative genomics study of CNS functions and genetic susceptibility in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a serious psychotic disorder ranked among the 10 most disabilitating disesases worlwide (WHO) with a lifetime risk of 1% in the general population. Despite decades of research, the understanding of underlying biological mechanism re mains inadequate and fragmentary and trea...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Protein-protein interactions at atomic levels

Our DNA is every day subjected to external and internal damaging agents and understanding the mechanisms of DNA repair at a molecular level is increasingly important in order to address future challenges for the human health. This project aims to reveal n ew information about molecular mechanisms...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Right to health trough litigation? Can court enforced health rights improve health policy and priority setting in poor countries?

Background A majority of the world's governments are obliged through international treaties or national constitutions, or both, to respect, protect, promote and fulfill the human right to health. Cases regarding the right to health care are increasingly b rought before the courts in a number of l...

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

HIV vulnerability and HIV prevention needs among men who have sex with men in Tanzania

All over the world, sex between men has been associated with increased risk for HIV transmission. In Africa, however, the impact of the HIV epidemic on men who have sex with men (MSM) has not been well studied. In Tanzania, no previous study has been cond ucted. MSM have also not been a prominent...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Development of methods for tracing nanoparticles in the environment

There is considerable uncertainty related to the potential hazards of nanoparticles (NPs) into the environment, and public concern following reports of toxic effects. One of the major challenges in studying NPs is to detect their presence and distinguish them from natural particles and amorphous ...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Membrane trafficking in immunity and tumour suppression

Intracellular membrane trafficking plays key roles in cell signalling and innate and adaptive immunity. Endocytosis and subsequent endolysosomal trafficking of growth factor receptors constitute a crucial mechanism for receptor signal attenuation and tumo ur suppression. For innate immunity again...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

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

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Nærings- og stedsutvikling på små steder - Kriseforståelse som handlingskontekst

Endringsprosesser i små lokalsamfunn er et samspill mellom ulike aktører i offentlig og privat sektor. Disse aktørene har ulike utgangspunkt som påvirker deres rasjonalitet og dermed deres vurderinger og handlemønster. Vårt utgangspunkt er at endringspros esser ofte starter som følge av en felles...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Agder

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Wood formation under varying environmental conditions

The timing and rate of xylem formation during the growing season are key processes in determining the amount and properties of wood produced. Wood formation depends on genetic signalling, availability of resources for growth, temperature, tree water and n utrient status, and the stage of ontogene...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

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

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Towards sustainable management of moose, red deer and their food resources

The density of moose and red deer has increased dramatically in Norway during the last three decades. In general, large herbivores can have profound impact on ecosystem structure and processes (e.g. succession, biodiversity), which is mainly mediated by b rowsing/grazing impacts on plants. In tur...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

The Norwegian plant transcriptional profiling centre

The Norwegian Arabidopsis Centre (FUGE-NARC) was established as a part of FUGE I. NARC provided national service in plant functional genomics and the service activity was shared between Univeristy of Life Sciences (UMB, transformation/genotyping), Univers ity of Oslo (Y2H, in situ hyb) and Norwe...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Transport, energi og miljø (TRANSDATA)

Vestlandsforsking har samlet inn og systematisert data om transport, energi og miljø siden instituttet ble opprettet i 1987. En viktig tidlig milepel var i 1993 ved utgivelsen av rapporten "Persontransport, konsekvenser for energi og miljø". Rapporten dok umenterte utviklingen i en omfattende dat...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Low-frequency acoustics - potentials and dangers for marine ecosystem application

Low frequency acoustics from hundreds of Hz to 10 kHz includes the range for Navy sonars and have recently been tested assessing the distribution, density, and behaviour of pelagic fish. These frequencies are within the hearing range of fish and marine ma mmals. Operation at these frequencies may...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Lifestyle Choices and Health: Participation in the Norwegian Monitor Survey 2007

The average Norwegian weighs 5.0-5.8 kilos more now than fifteen years ago. More than fifty percent of us are now either overweight or obese. The trend is negative also for related chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and certain cancer types. This ha s been linked to unhealthier diets and mo...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

PERMASOM - Organic matter in permafrost: molecular composition and associated response to increasing temperature

The release of CO2 to the atmosphere from the mineralization of soil organic matter (SOM) in thawing permafrost is one of the largest potential feedback mechanisms on the climate system. This positive feedback, i.e. it will aggravate climate changes, is d ue to the fact that SOM decomposes faster...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2012

Location: Akershus

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