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IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Evolution of the bristle worm family Onuphidae (Polychaeta, Annelida) Mobile researcher: Nataliya Budaeva, Russia

Bristle worms of the family Onuphidae are very abundant and diverse both in shallow waters and deep sea playing a significant role in many benthic communities. Being very widespread in Norwegian waters, onuphids are commonly present in sediment samples us ed in ecological studies and environmenta...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Pesticide sorption and effects of biochar Mobile researcher: Veronika Tatarková, Slovakia

The project "Pesticide sorption and effects of biochar" is a part of an important European Union`s project called Genesis. The Genesis project is focused on the investigation of behaviour of several pesticides in the environment, including their sorption, desorption, degradation in soil, transpo...

Awarded: NOK 81,568

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Biogeographical structure of the subarctic and arctic areas of the North Atlantic Ocean Mobile researcher: Reygondeau Gabriel, France

The objective of this proposal is to investigate the trophic web composition and dynamic of four biogeochemical provinces located in the North East Atlantic ocean. These specifics provinces, originally defined in 1995 using only environmental characterist ics, are selected here as they represent ...

Awarded: NOK 40,500

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

NINA WUR partnership: Spatial ecological-economic modelling of ecosystem services, the case of Telemark province Mobile researcher:

The provision of ecosystem services (ES) constitutes a considerable part of human well-being. Both biophysical quantities and monetary values of ES are spatially explicit, but the role of spatial patterns in supply and demand of ES has not yet been studie d empirically. Spatially explicit ES valu...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Biological significance of the histone variant H3.3

Vårt arvemateriale, DNA, er pakket inn og beskyttet av proteiner kalt histoner. De fleste histonene er lagt og inkorporert inni kromatin kun under DNA replikasjon, før celledeling. Andre histoner, såkalte histonvarianter, er laget og inkorporeres inni kromosomene gjennom hele cellesyklus. Disse e...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Oslo

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

"Wobble uridine modifications in mammalian tRNA - biogenesis and function"

Det menneskelige arvematerialet (genomet) består av DNA og inneholder tusenvis av gener som gir oppskriften på proteinene. I en prosess som kalles translasjon blir informasjonen i DNAet oversatt til protein, som er en kjede av aminosyrer. Sentrale i denne prosessen er en gruppe av molekyler som ...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2016

Location: Oslo

IS-NORDIC-Nordic Pilot Programme for NSF

Characterizing the innate and adaptive immune systems in a novel example of mammalian sociality: A next-generation approach

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Awarded: NOK 0.19 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Oslo

IS-TOPP-Toppfinans. av M.Curie-stipend

Additional funding for the Marie Curie ITN EDA-EMERGE

EDA-EMERGE aims to train a new generation of young scientists in the interdisciplinary techniques required to meet the major challenges in the monitoring, assessment and management of toxic pollution in European river basins considering the enormous compl exity of contamination, effects and cause...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

X-ray crystallization studies of complexes of pseudolysin with small molecule inhibitors for potential therapeutic applications

Thermolysin-like proteases are secreted enzymes that degrade extracellular proteins and peptides for bacterial nutrition. Pseudolysin, the extracellular elastase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is a member of the thermolysin-like family of proteases. Pseudolys in has been identified as a key factor in...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Improving the tool kit for honey bee (Apis melifera) functional genetics: improved understanding of the RNAi response

Agricultural systems around the world depend on honey bees for pollination services. Recent, unexplained declines in managed honey bee populations have highlighted the importance of greater knowledge about honey bee physiology, immunity and basic biology. The development of a technique to manipu...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Akershus

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Potential impact of an oil spill on the wolfish species of the Barents Sea

The main objective is to study the sensitivity of the wolfish larvae/juveniles to crude oil and to compare the biological effect of mechanically dispersed versus chemically dispersed oil using sub lethal end points. In order to identify the toxicity of ch emically dispersed oil, we need to also e...

Awarded: NOK 65,000

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosj.st. med.,helse,biol

Role of phosphatases in the regulation of mitotic exit

-I dette prosjektet skal vi undersøke hvordan celler deler seg. Streng kontroll med celledelingsprosessen er avgjørende for å unngå utvikling av kreft. I mange år har fokus vært på en gruppe av proteiner kjent som cyklin-avhengige kinaser, som fungerer som en motor for å drive celledeling. Disse ...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Viral mediated manipulations of beta-adrenergic receptor subtypes modulate fear conditioning.

Memories are formed through changes in synaptic transmission in specific brain circuits. Evidence points to amygdala, and specifically its lateral nucleus (LA), as a key site of synaptic plasticity underlying fear conditioning, a leading model for studyin g neurobiology of emotional memory. In fe...

Awarded: NOK 0.34 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Characterization of dSH3PX1 in Drosophila melanogaster

The aim of my exchange in Tom Neufelds lab is to study the role of the SNX18 fly homolog dSH3PX1 in vivo as part of my PhD thesis. The exchange period is scheduled from August 1st 2011 to December 31st 2011 (5 months). The main goal of my PhD thesis is to identify novel PI3P binding proteins req...

Awarded: NOK 92,000

Project Period: 2011-2011

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Norwegian-Spanish cooperation to study human disturbance on brown bears. Applications for the conservation and management of bears in Europe

Understanding the effects of human activities on wildlife is challenging for large carnivores. During my PhD I studied effects of human activities on the behavior of brown bears, which showed fine-scale behavioral responses to human activities. Now I am l eading a project to compare bear behavior...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

The molecular basis for protein degradation and hydrogen production capabilities of Fervidicoccus fontis, a thermophilic crenarchaeon

The main goal of this project is to study the metabolism of thermophilic archaea by the analysis of its complete genome. The main object of the research will be a thermophilic archaea Fervidicoccus fontis isolated by Dr. Perevalova from hot spring of Kamc hatka (Perevalova et al., 2010). F. fonti...

Awarded: NOK 51,999

Project Period: 2011-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Influence of anoxia on the marine acidification development: case study for the Inner Oslo Fjord (ANACID)

There is a gap of knowledge in estimating of the interconnection between the marine acidification and oxygen depletion developments.These oxygen depletion conditions depend on a combined effect of eutrophication (increase in nutrient load) and climate (in tensity of mixing and water renewal). Cli...

Awarded: NOK 38,999

Project Period: 2011-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Understanding the role of nematode parasites in regulating the pestiferous Iberian slug, Arion lusitanicus, in Norway

The primary objective of this project is to understand the role of nematode parasites in regulating the pestiferous slug Arion lusitanicus in Norway. The invasive form of A. lusitanicus is believed to have originated from Portugal/Iberian Peninsula hence the common name Iberian slug. The specie...

Awarded: NOK 38,999

Project Period: 2011-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Assess the role of the mitochondrial-nuclear connection in modulating neuronal autophagy

Backround and R&D challenge: Friedreichs ataxia (FRDA), the most frequent inherited recessive ataxia, causes nervous system damage and movement problems, it is ascribed to severely defective expression of frataxin, a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial protein . Autophagy is not only the major pathway...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Analysis of genetic diversity and population subdivision of Halys pit-viper (Gloydius halys) at the different spatial levels

Genetic diversity is one of the most important factors affecting viability of populations. Loss of genetic diversity can lead to inbreeding depression, reduction of the adaptive potential and weak tolerance of population to diseases, parasites and other s tressors. Thus, the understanding of how ...

Awarded: NOK 90,999

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Role and regulation of Ca2+ flux during the cell-cell fusion occurring in the human placenta

The cell-cell fusion processes are complex biological phenomena. A limited number of human cell types can fuse to form a multinucleated syncytium. In the differentiation of human placenta, mononuclear cytotrophoblasts aggregate and fuse to form an endocri nologically active, non-proliferative, mu...

Awarded: NOK 90,999

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Systematics and biogeography of Labrundinia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae): a morphological and molecular approach

The basis of this study rests on the examination of the type material of all previously described Labrundinia species (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), including species deposited in national and foreign museums. Field work has been carried o ut in Brazil to collect more specimens an...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

New parasites from old fish

Natural history collections preserve a record of biodiversity in time and space within their archives of carefully described and catalogued reference specimens. However, they also contain a further resource; the numerous poorly-known parasitic and symbiot ic taxa collected unwittingly and preserv...

Awarded: NOK 90,999

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Socially and corticosterone mediated differences in individual helping behaviour in a cooperatively breeding bird

In cooperative breeding, helpers contribute to raising offspring that are not their own. Despite the success of theories such as kin selection in explaining broad patterns of helping, large amounts of within- and between-individual variation in helping ef fort remains unexplained. Much of this pr...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Modelling NAD metabolism and its connection to the circadian clock

Most biological processes require energy and are tightly regulated. Energy is extracted from food supplies and eventually transformed into ATP, the universal energy carrier of the cell. These pathways consist of many reactions which involve NAD or NADP, s mall molecules which serve as intermediat...

Awarded: NOK 35,141

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Vestland

IS-AUR-Samarb.progr. Norge Frankrike

Genomic dissection of seed development

Parent of origin dependent expression plays an important role in seed development of flowering plants, and disruption of imprinted genes typically leads to developmental abnormalities often resulting in abortion of the seed. We have used a mutant in the A rabidopsis Cdc2/CDC28 homologue, CDKA;1 a...

Awarded: NOK 97,853

Project Period: 2011-2013

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Secretion and anchoring of inhalant allergens in Lactobacilli.

The present project concerns a research visit of a young researcher working at Belgrade University to the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås. The visiting researcher is working in an allergology centered laboratory, and is working on recombinant allergens. The host lab in Norway has ext...

Awarded: NOK 84,999

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Effects of petroleum related compounds on the endocrine system in polar cod

With increasing oil and gas activities in the Arctic, there is a risk that Arctic marine organisms will be exposed to petroleum related compounds such as produced water (PW) discharges. Hence, there is a need to investigate the potential biological effect s of PW to marine organisms and to implem...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Molecular mechanisms of gene regulation in autosomal and X-linked genes by the Y chromosome in Drosophila.

In this project Drosophila genetics will be used to test the hypothesis that the Y chromosome effects on gene expression result from blocks of simple-sequence DNA in the Y chromosome that compete for DNA-binding proteins that affect gene expression. The aims and challenges of this work are: 1....

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Surface topography nanostructure of model and natural plant cell wall assemblies

Cell walls are the major component of a plant tissue which significantly influence on textural properties of fruit and vegetables. Geometrical dimensions of parenchyma cells are very small what makes impossible studying their properties in a natural state . An alternative is creating a model cell...

Awarded: NOK 24,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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