BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Bioprospekteringskonferansen 2006

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Awarded: NOK 50,000

Project Period: 2006-2006

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Natural gas and biotechnology: bioprospecting of methane-oxidizing bacteria (NABI).

Methanotrophic bacteria are widespread in nature and can grow on methane, the major component of natural gas, as the sole source of carbon and energy. As one of the world's major producers of natural gas, Norway has a great potential for developing an ext ensive industry based on the use of natur...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Vestland

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Bioprospecting and strategies for industrial utilization of anthocyanins and other flavonoids from plants

Anthocyanin pigment content plays a critical role in the colour quality of many fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. As food additive anthocyanins are collectively labelled E 163. In recent years there has been intense interests in the anthocyanin/f lavonoid content in food, wine and nutrac...

Awarded: NOK 7.6 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2008

Location: Vestland

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Novel anti-infective agents from marine bacteria and genes for production thereof

Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria and fungi represent a serious challenge for current pharmacology, as they still account for millions of premature deaths all over the world. Rapid development of antibiotic resistance by many pathogens, al ong with the toxicity of some of the curr...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Bioprospecting Huge Marine Algal Viruses

Phycodnaviridae are large polyhedral viruses with huge dsDNA genomes. We have recently described four new such viruses (PpV-01, PoV-01B, CeV-01B and EhV-99B1) that infect different marine phytoplankton algae (i.e. Phaeocystis pouchetii, Pyramimonas orient alis, Chrysocromulina ericina and Emilian...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2007

Location: Vestland

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Exploration of unique pharmaceutical activities of molecules isolated from Arctic and sub-Arctic marine organisms; The "Marbio" programme

The aim of Part A (see below) in the Marbio programme is to establish a platform for the screening of new pharmaceuticals from cold adapted marine organisms. This unit will have the capacity to collect, extract and by high-throughput efficiency, identify drug leads with unique bioactivities withi...

Awarded: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Efficient bioprospecting of marine microorganisms

Principal objective: Isolate new microbial strains of commercial interest for production of carotenoids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, or antibiotics. Sub-goals 1. Establish a culture collection of microorganisms from the sea surface microlayer collected from sites along the Norwegian coast. The c...

Awarded: NOK 15.4 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2008

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Bioactive substances from Norwegian Aquatic micro-organisms as cell signalling disruptors with potential to modulate cell death and thromboc

Bioactive substances from Norwegian Aquatic micro-organisms as cell signalling disruptors with potential to modulate cell death and thrombocyte activation I. Isolation of about 50 new microbes from unusual aquatic habitats. II. Moderate biomass production from above novel microbes and from 500 ...

Awarded: NOK 13.1 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2008

Location: Vestland

BIOPROSP-Bioprospektering 2002 - 2006

Søk etter bioaktive lipider i innvoller fra dyphavshai

Hovedmålet er å søke, identifisere og kvantifisere bioaktive lipider i innvoller fra dyphavshai. Dyphavshai lever under ekstreme betingelser, som stiller store krav til immunsystem. Det er funnet mange bioaktive komponenter, inkludert lipider, i både brusk og lever fra hai, men det er ikke kjent ...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2003-2005

Location: Møre og Romsdal