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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

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Fine mapping and molecular characterisation of quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting hernia in pigs

Hernia is shown to be a serious problem in pig production, causing severe economic loss for the pig producers. The most common types are inguinal/scrotal hernia (IH) and umbilical hernia (UH). IH refers to hernial contents present in the inguinal canal an d/or that organs protrude into the scrotu...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Innlandet

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

New techniques to achieve more cost efficient selective breeding for improved consumer acceptance of aquaculture products

Disease and meat quality are of high importance to the aquaculture producer, processor and consumer. However, both disease resistance and meat quality traits are complex to understand and measure, costly to evaluate and slow to improve using current metho ds of selective breeding. In this project...

Awarded: NOK 13.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Utvikling av en in vitro modell for uttesting av vaksiners effekt hos atlantisk laks

Smitteforsøk er i dag den enerådende metoden for å teste ut om vaksiner gir tilstrekkelig beskyttelse hos fisk. Denne metoden er imidlertid omdiskutert da den medfører stort forbruk av forsøksdyr og en smertefull død for de dyrene som inngår i forsøket. H os varmblodige dyr blir stort sett in vit...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

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

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Avl for lammeslakt med optimal fettmengde

Gilde Norsk Kjøtt ønsker å videreutvikle Nor-X kjøttsau ved å sette større fokus på fett i tillegg til muskelmengde som har vært viktigste seleksjonskriterium for utvalg av avlsdyr til nå. Gilde ønsker å avle for en kjøttsau med god muskelvekst, men samti dig med en moderat/optimal mengde fett. D...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

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

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Mechanisms behind pathogen activation and evasion of Toll-like receptor signaling

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are signaling receptors of the innate immune system, sensing a variety of bacterial and viral components. Our central hypothesis is that immune cell recognition of invading pathogens starts with an interaction between microbial structures and TLRs. The following immune ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

Identification of genetic and environmental factors contributing to disease susceptibility and clinical presentation of multiple sclerosis

The aim of this project is to identify factors contributing to development of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a PhD project. MS is a debilitating inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. The etiology is unknown, but both genetic and environmental fa ctors are involved. Identification of the...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Endothelial cell differentiation - a key to future therapy of chronic inflammation and cancer

Much attention is focused on understanding the role of vascular endothelial cells in disease. In several fields of medicine, there is great interest in understanding the mechanisms that regulate the generation of new vessels and endothelial cell different iation, because the future ability to man...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Characterization of nanotubular networks on cell adhesive micro- and nano-patterned surfaces

Project: Characterization of nanotubular networks on cell adhesive micro- and nano-patterned surfaces Recently we have discovered that mammalian cells are connected by thin membrane tubes. These tubes with a diameter of 50 to 200 nm are referred to as tu nneling nanotubes (TNTs). They are a cont...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Vestland

STORFORSK-Store forskerinitierte prosjekter

Multilevel analysis of memory formation in the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit

Neuronal networks within the medial temporal lobe are essential for fast encoding and storage of episodic memories in humans and other mammals. A key connection in this system is the perforant path (PP) which projects from the entorhinal cortex to the hip pocampus (including the dentate gyrus). S...

Awarded: NOK 19.6 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Functional sites in proteins: A combined proteomic and bioinformatical approach for improvement of a prediction system for linear motifs.

Functional sites in proteins are short stretches of amino acids that serve as binding sites, post-translational modification sites or proteolytic cleavage sites. Most functional features of proteins can be related to functional sites and/or globular domai ns. While there are several efficient met...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

STAMCELLER-Stamcelleforskning

EuroSTELLS Project: Translational Stem Cell Research: From Basic Biology to Regenerative Medicine

This project involves the joined forces of 13 research groups from 6 countries with common interests and complementary competence in developmental biology, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and cancer biology. The consortium aims at elucidating the mechanisms that control self-renewal a...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Long term consequences of interspecific cross-fostering in the wild

The significance of learning has been relatively overlooked in studies of fundamental behavioural traits such as species recognition, mate choice and social dominance. I propose a project to investigate long term consequences of interspecific cross-foster ing in the wild in terms of such behaviou...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

STORFORSK-Store forskerinitierte prosjekter

Fundamentals of Condensed Matter

Modern condensed matter research requires a combination of expertise in different fields integrating semiconduc-tors and normal metals with magnetic and superconducting materials. Our research project will explore the fundamental physics of condensed matt er that is relevant for electronic device...

Awarded: NOK 14.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Improved bone health for osteoporotic women by intake of dietary vitamin D and vitamin K from tailor-made Atlantic salmon

The indigenous Norwegian population has one of the world’s highest incidences of hip fracture, and their bone mineral density (BMD) is lower than comparable populations. Taking into account the expected increasing amount of elderly in the society over the next decades, the percentage of osteopor...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Alphavirus (Togaviridae) fra laksefisk i norsk oppdrett. Karakterisering, vertikal overføring og studie av vevs/celle-tropisme.

Salmon pancreas disease (SPD) ble først beskrevet fra Skottland i 1984, men var sannsynligvis tilstede i oppdrett av laks i Skottland så tidlig som i 1976. I 1990 ble det vist at sykdommen hadde en infeksiøs årsak. Senere, i 1995, ble det klart at sykdomm en skyldes et togaviruslignende agens som...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Vestland

MATJORD-Program for forskning innenfor jordbruksog matproduksjon

Improved quality and frost tolerance in transplants of vegetables

To successfully transplant agricultural species in the spring, hardening prior to transplanting is of great significance. In particular, in situations with fluctuating temperatures common to early spring, low temperature treatment leading to increased col d tolerance prior to transplanting, might...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Akershus

MATJORD-Program for forskning innenfor jordbruksog matproduksjon

Avl for friskere kyr

Et hovedmål med dette prosjektet er å utvikle bedre metoder for genetisk analyse og avlsverdiberegning av helseegenskaper generelt og mastitt spesielt. Dette er forskning med praktisk nytteverdi. I dette prosjektet vil det være et nært samarbeid med avlso rganisasjonen og resultatene kan raskt im...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

European Animal Disease Genomics Network of Excellence for Animal Health and Food Safety - EADGENE Delprosjekt 4: Mastitt hos storfe

Dette prosjektet representerer ett av fire prioriterte områder innenfor EU nettverket "European Animal Disease Genomics Network of Excellence for Animal Health and Food Safety" - EADGENE. Den endelige målsetningen er gjennom internasjonalt og nasjonalt sa marbeid å bidra til å identifisere gener,...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Akershus

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Molecular and electrophysiological characterization of the GnRH systems in Atlantic cod

Teleosts are unique among vertebrates regarding neural control of the adenohypophysis. The cells are directly innervated instead of receiving their input through a portal system. Furthermore, the distribution of the different cell types in the adenohypoph ysis in teleosts is highly regionalized, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

MATJORD-Program for forskning innenfor jordbruksog matproduksjon

Trygg mat frå småskala landbruksproduksjon

I ei tid med stadig større press på den tradisjonelle landbruksproduksjonen har mange sett etter alternative produksjonar som kan auka verdiskapinga på bygdene. Alt nå finst det døme på vellukka småskalaproduksjonar som skaper inntekt og arbeidsplassar ut i frå små ressursar. Mange ser på slike ...

Awarded: NOK 12.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2010

Location: Akershus

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

High efficiency Si-based solar cells employing nanostructured layers

This proposal addresses key scientific issues associated with increasing the efficiency of high-performance Si-based solar cells. Two main routes will be explored; the first one concerns reduction of surface and interface charge carrier recombination by i ntroducing nano-structured buffer layers ...

Awarded: NOK 1.9 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Soft flesh problems in farmed marine fish

Several factors such as the amount and quality of the feed, harvesting and slaughtering methods, and storage time after slaughter, can affect both technological and sensory properties of the fish fillet. Several factors such as the amount and quality of the feed, harvesting and slaughtering meth...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Effects of environmental and nutritional stress on gene regulation in the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua.

The main goal of this project is to develop a microarray platform for gene regulation studies in the Atlantic cod. Stress genes in cod exposed to waterborne pollutants and dietary undesirables and supplements, will be sequenced as expressed sequence tags (ESTs), and a cDNA microarray will be cons...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Neuroendocrine and environmental control of puberty in fish

Early sexual maturation leads to a significant loss of body weight during the spawning season, and farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) of both sexes currently reach puberty as early as two years of age, before reaching commercial size. Photoperiod treatmen t has been the most efficient strategy to...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2009

Location: Oslo