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HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Skeletal malformations in farmed salmon and cod: a functional approach to determine causalities and mechanisms

Skeletal deformities cause severe losses both in salmon and cod production. This research platform aims to gain further insight into the normal growth and development of the vertebral column of salmon, and how current culture techniques may disrupt norma l growth inducing bone related pathologic...

Tildelt: kr 16,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Interactions between wild and farmed Atlantic cod: non-lethal impacts of escapees on wild populations

Cod is a new target species for aquaculture in the north Atlantic. With increasing numbers of farmed cod kept in sea-pens in coastal areas it is necessary to address the potential impacts of cod aquaculture on the local environment. Of particular concern is the effect of cod that escape from net-...

Tildelt: kr 3,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Toxicology of synthetic antioxidants EQ, BHA, BHT and their metabolites retained in the fillet of farmed Atlantic salmon.

Synthetic antioxidants are used as preservatives in fish feed and fish feed ingredients to prevent the auto-oxidation of unsaturated lipids. The market demand for more oily fish flesh has lead to an increased lipid content in fish feed in Norway during la st 30 years, which has consequently resul...

Tildelt: kr 4,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2011

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 7,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2012

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 13,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Reduced risk of Fusarium and mycotoxin contamination in Norwegian cereals by the development of a rapid screening system

Fusarium infection in cereals has become a problem world-wide. Species of Fusarium produce mycotoxins that leave the grains unsuitable for consumption. In the 2004 harvest, alarming levels of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) was registered in grain lots of Norwegian grown wheat and oats. This ...

Tildelt: kr 11,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Akershus

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Lysozyme inhibitors; novel drug targets in bacteria

Lysozymes are antibacterial enzymes generally acknowledged to play an important role in the innate immune system found in all animals. Recent findings on invertebrate lysozymes as well as on bacterial inhibitors of lysozymes have shed new light on why ver tebrate lysozymes show some restriction i...

Tildelt: kr 8,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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...

Tildelt: kr 17,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Vestland

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...

Tildelt: kr 3,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Agder

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Festulolium with improved forage quality and winter survival for Norwegian farming

"Development of Festulolium with improved forage quality and winter survival for Norwegian farming" is a five year research project aiming to assess forage quality and winter survival of Festulolium in Norway and develop germplasm for selection of cultiva rs with superior adaptation to Norwegian ...

Tildelt: kr 15,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2011

Sted: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Sheep genotypes and environments for less mastitis and better lamb survival

About 15% of all lambs born die before they are taken from their mothers. Investigations indicate that 6-9% of the ewes are culled because of mastitis. The economic loss for the sheep industry is substantial. Animal welfare is reduced. Lamb survival and m astitis may be both genetically and envir...

Tildelt: kr 5,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Akershus

YFF-Yngre, fremragende forskere

Numerical Analysis and Simulation of Geometric Wave Equations

Numerical simulations have grown to become a significant component of almost all scientific disciplines, playing the role of physical experiment in many circumstances. Yet for many mathematical models and in particular in the new field of gravitational wa ve astronomy, current algorithms are unsa...

Tildelt: kr 9,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2011

Sted: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Casting Top Models

Representing a value of about 2.7 billions NOK annually, aluminium casthouse products is of primary importance for the Norwegian industry and economy. In order to meet the emerging demands for more specialised products as well as requirements set by the i ncreased use of recycled alloys, a centra...

Tildelt: kr 9,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2009

Sted: Agder

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...

Tildelt: kr 13,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Avanserte verktøy og robust prosessautomatisering

Økt automatisering er nødvendig for å redusere produksjonskostnadene. For Volvo Aero Norges vedkommende er målsetningen at produksjonskostnadene i løpet av få år skal reduseres med 30 % for at bedriften skal opprettholde og styrke sin konkurransedyktighet . VAN og Teeness er to bedrifter som på h...

Tildelt: kr 3,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2006-2010

Sted: Buskerud

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 ...

Tildelt: kr 2,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2011

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 1,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 3,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 3,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 19,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: Oslo

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

High Pressure Gas Liquid Separation

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Tildelt: kr 12,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2011

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IKTSIKKER-IKT sikkerhet og sårbarhet

Legal Information Security Regulations - an Instrumental Perspective

Section for Information Technology and Administrative Systems (SITAS) is currently working on the one year project “Mapping statutory regulations of information security”. Although not completed, some tentative conclusions regarding major tren ds in contemporary security lawmaking are...

Tildelt: kr 1,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 14,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: Oslo

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...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: Vestland

FRINATEK-Fri prosjektstøtte for matematikk, naturvitenskap og teknologi

SWAT: Semantics-preserving Weaving - Advancing the Technology

When developers construct models or programs from smaller or more generic elements, or when developers are trying to make system families instead of single systems, they are challenged by a large number of different and often overlapping and conflicting m echanisms like e.g. generics and aspect-o...

Tildelt: kr 7,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2014

Sted: Oslo

PETROMAKS-Maksimal utnyttelse av petroleumsreserver

Ice ages: subsidence, uplift and tilting of traps - the influence on petroleum systems

The proposed project will model the isostatic response of Cenozoic glaciations in the Barents Sea region and northern North Sea to constrain its potential impact on existing petroleum systems. With greatly improved geological boundary conditions, that is (1) more complete knowledge on timing and ...

Tildelt: kr 12,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2010

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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, ...

Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2005-2009

Sted: Oslo