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NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Interdisciplinary Studies of Ethical and Societal Implications of Nanotechnology

This project will study long-term and broad-scoped ethical and societal issues related to a diverse set of nanotechnologies. Its mode of work consists of combining ethical and philosophical analysis with a workshop methodology emphasizing slow and broad d ialogue between ethicists, philosophers, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Developmental Biology of Dormancy Cycling

In perennial plants, like trees, the SAM is cycling between active and dormant states in synchrony with the season (Rinne et al. 2001; Rinne and van der Schoot 2003, 2004). The SD-induced development of dormancy and acclimation involves the obstruction of cellular contacts at the SAM, including ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Enteric viruses in food and environmental samples.

Shellfish, drinking water and vegetables are known vectors of enteric viruses as they are prone to sewage contamination. Sewage contain all enteric viruses that circulate in the population and a study in different treatment plants in Norway showed high le vels of several enteric viruses in treate...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Production of all-female cod as a means to circumvent problems with early puberty in males: Studies on sex determination and differentiation

Early puberty is a major problem in cod farming both due to negative impact on production performance in on-growth farms, and due to risk of negative genetic impact on wild stocks following spawning in sea cages or after escape. Use of all-female stocks c an mitigate some of these problems. Howev...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Salmon louse vaccine - identification and evaluation of novel antigens

The salmon louse is one of the main problems for the salmon farming industry both in Norway and in other countries. Pesticides and different management measures currently control the salmon louse. However, only a few types of drugs are available for salmo n louse combat and there are several repo...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Technology for production of ultra stable marine oils for functional food applications

There is an increasing demand for marine oils due to the growing awareness of its health benefits. The demand for these omega-3 containing lipids as food ingredients (functional food) is predicted to increase extremely when the industry has solved the cha llenges regarding the potential unpleasan...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Arctic lamb meat - competitive advantage in a national and an international market

Norwegian lambs graze the natural pastures of Norwegian mountains and forests and produce meat of very high quality. We have however, little information on how the quality of these natural pastures affect the meat quality, and whether lambs grazing coasta l or mountainous areas will have a 'taste...

Awarded: NOK 13.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Friskt materiale av julestjerne ved behandling, karantene og fremavl

Prosjektets mål er at G3 Ungplanter skal levere julestjernestiklinger av høy kvalitet uten skadegjørere. Julestjerne er den viktigste potteplantekulturen i Norge. G3 Ungplanter produserer 75 % av stiklingene for det norske markedet, i tillegg til eksport. Bedriften produserer eliteplanter, og må...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Agder

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Overvekt, insulinresistens og inflammasjon i relasjon til fettinntak og fettkvalitet

Det er en stadig økende forekomst av overvekt og type 2 diabetes mellitus i Norge og verden forøvrig. Som produsent av næringsmidler med høyt innhold av fett ønsker Mills å få økt kunnskap om fettets betydning for disse sykdommene med det formål å kunne u tvikle produkter som har forebyggende eff...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Utvikling av en nanoteknologisk blodsukkermåler for kontinuerlig in vivo måling av blodsukker hos pasienter med Diabetes mellittus

Formålet med prosjektet er å utvikle en miniatyrisert osmotisk trykksensor for automatisert kontinuerlig in vivo måling av blodsukker (glukose) hos pasienter med Diabetes mellittus. Enheten skal være liten nok til injeksjon uten bruk av kirurgi, den skal være inorganisk, og følgelig ikke nedbrytb...

Awarded: NOK 10.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestfold

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

NKJ 125 Torward a standard for microarray-based characterization os Salmonella isolates: A novel tool in risk assessments

8. Summary of the project plan (background, research methods, goals, timetable): Salmonella-induced enterocolitis in humans is an important food-safety issue. Efforts continue to assess the genomic variation among environmental, veterinary, and clinical i solates in order to trace the infections ...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Development of mechanism based, novel anti-inflammatory compounds

Avexxin AS (founded in Trondheim march 2005) introduces a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of chronic diseases including psoriasis based on more than a decade of research at Prof. Berit Johansen?s group at the Norwegian University of Science a nd Technology. The new compound interfere...

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Mikrooptiske sensorer for spektrometriske anvendelser

De siste årene har forskning innen mikro-optikk i Norge bidratt til flere nye produkter, ideer og patenter. En av disse ideene er et mini-spektrometer der et diffraktivt optisk element (DOE), et slags hologram, er sentralt. Et slikt spektrometer kan bruke s til å bestemme kjemisk sammensetning av...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Høysensitiv nanopartikkelbasert homogen assayteknologi for analytter med høy molekylvekt

Det skal utvikles en høysensitiv nanopartikkelbasert homogen assayteknologi for konsentrasjonsbestemmelse av analyttermed høy molekylvekt. Slike immunoassays er raskere, og har mye større markedsvekst enn langsomme, kostbare separasjonsbaserte assays. De har tidligere blitt utviklet for analytter...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Østfold

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Integrating in vitro cellular models and genomic techniques for investigating the impacts of diets.

The present project aim to develop in vitro techniques which will refine and replace in vivo animal experiments. Following the establishment of genomic and proteomic tools for investigating model organisms, we now have the opportunity to utilise these te chniques for developing novel cell cultur...

Awarded: NOK 17.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

SUP-NHD-Strategiske UoH-progr.fin.NHD

Business-related biotchnology at UMB

The university is not satisfied with the present status regarding commercialization of research results and wants to look at alternative ways of defining the outcome of the research projects. Traditionally, publishing the results in scientific journals ha s been the sole "goal" of the research pr...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

SIP-NHD-Strategiske instituttprogram finansiert av NHD

Plasma production of carbon nanotubes

The principle objective of the project is to provide a new process for continuous or semi-continuous production of high value carbon nanotubes based on high temperature thermal plasma technology, and establish a business alliance with the aim of up-scalin g the process to industrial scale. It is...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Oestrus and oestrus behaviour in NRF and Holstein breeds in modern cattle housing systems

Good health and fertility are crucial for animal welfare, production efficiency and sustainability in milk and beef production. In the NFR breed, these traits have been selected for over time, thus expanding the distribution of this breed worldwide. Expor t of semen and animals is very important,...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Innlandet

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Effect of bioactive fatty acids on survival (IPN/PD), growth and feed conversion in 0+ and 1+ Atlantic salmon.

Introductory studies based on an ongoing research-directed project in AKVAFORSK have revealed critical energy demanding periods for 1+ and 0+ salmon in sea coinciding with negative effects on growth, feed conversion and natural outbreak of virus diseases (IPN/HSMB). Dietary supplementation of bio...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Development of vaccines and diagnostic tools against a new bacterial fish pathogen

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Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

The importance of post-translational glycosylation in the secretory pathway for expansion of the functional repertoire of gene products

Most proteins in animal and plant cells are glycosylated, a fact that must be taken into account for all aspects of protein studies, because the glycan portion often influences protein activity and cellular targeting, and more practically, protein purific ation, crystallization and structural det...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

SIP-NHD-Strategiske instituttprogram finansiert av NHD

Metabolic Engineering of Bacillus methanolicus: Understanding its C1 Metabolism as a basis for Directed Improvement of L-lysine Production

Metabolic engineering is the purposeful modification of cell metabolism by using recombinant DNA technology. The concept is to use available biochemical and genetic data to describe the metabolite flow in a metabolic network, and then use this to target s pecific genes for manipulations in order ...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIPOENER-SIP-OED Energi-sektoren

High efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells

The annual production of solar cells has grown by more than 35 % annually over the last 5 years. In order to ensure a rapid and sustainable expansion in the future, the cost of solar electricity still has to be reduced significantly. Substantially increas ing the efficiency is an approach that ho...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

SUP-NHD-Strategiske UoH-progr.fin.NHD

Genes linked to normal development and survival of fish larvae

The present proposal combines the use of the newest retroviral-mediated trapping and mutagenesis techniques for zebrafish (Danio rerio) to investigate processes that are critical for growth and survival of fish larvae. Our research on the zebrafish model aims to study the development of essential...

Awarded: NOK 7.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Entry of Nanoparticles into cells: Characterization of Nanoparticles as tools to study endocytic pathways..

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Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Allopolyploid evolution in plants: patterns and processes within the genus Viola

This project aims at disentangling ?diploid? lineages in ancient polyploid groups using the genus Viola (Violaceae) as study object. Chromosome numbers, isozymes and our preliminary data on two low-copy nuclear RNA polymerase genes all suggest that the ma jority of temperate groups of Viola have ...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Genetic basis and evolution of ventral plumage melanism in skuas (Stercorariidae)

The genetic basis of phenotypic change and adaptation is one of the major outstanding problems in evolutionary biology. Until recently it has been difficult to identify the genes involved, particularly in wild populations. The biochemical pathways of mela nin-based fur and plumage pigmentation ar...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Did vascular plants and bryophytes survive the last ice age in Scandinavia?

Glacial survival versus postglacial immigration of the Scandinavian alpine flora has been debated for more than 100 years, and has recently received increased attention with the development of molecular tools. Many vascular plant species occur disjunctly on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean,...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Signal evolution: adaptation and constraint

A central challenge in evolutionary biology is to understand what determines the reliability and flexibility of animal signals. We investigate signal evolution and signal discrimination in two contexts, mate choice and mimicry, with focus on how adaptatio n is affected by learning, plasticity, va...

Awarded: NOK 4.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi, nanovitenskap, mikroteknologi og avanserte materialer

Advanced transmission electron microscopy in catalysis

Catalysis plays a crucial role in environmental and energy technology. The mechanisms of catalytic processes proceed at the atomic/molecular level and it is essential to understand these in order to improve existing systems and develop new ones. Metal and metal oxide particles, on a suitable sup...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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