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MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Conservation Covenants in Norway (CoCoviN) - moderating conflicts, reducing bio-diversity loss and improving resource management?

Our main aim is to study the use of voluntary, but formally binding private-public partnership in nature conservation and management. Our hypotheses are: 1) Conflicts around designation of nature conservation areas are seldom founded on disagreement abo ut preservation goals; meaning: The confl...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Innlandet

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Norwegian Structural Biology Centre (NorStruct) Proposal for a continuation of the Centre for 2008-12

NorStruct will continue to offer state of the art services and collaboration in structural biology techniques to the Norwegian research community. The expertise and services will have a solid foundation in in-house research and national and international partners. The services will be organized i...

Tildelt: kr 23,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A node of the FUGE platform for proteomics at the Biotechnology Centre of Oslo

Specialized proteomics service will be provided by the node at the Biotechnology Centre of Oslo for i.) quantitative proteomics ii.) clinical proteomics, and iii.) cell death proteomics. Quantitative proteomics will be performed either in cell culture by stable isotopic labeling of amino acids du...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Effects of catchment processes and forest management in boreal forests on Hg and MeHg in surface waters

Mercury (Hg) pollution is becoming an environmental problem of great concern in boreal areas across the entire northern hemisphere, especially because of bioaccumulation of methylmercury (MeHg) in fish and consequences of this toxic substance for human he alth. There is an urgent need for better ...

Tildelt: kr 3,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Postgenome glycomics: The structures, interactions, and functions of complex sugars attached to proteins and lipids

Glycome is a term meant to cover the whole set of glycans produced in a single organism (or tissue) in analogy to genome and proteome. This concept follows as a consequence of the development in the post-genome era, since glycans play critical roles in di verse biological phenomena. It seems evid...

Tildelt: kr 8,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Salmon louse genome sequencing and functional studies on host parasite interactions

Copepods comprise the largest animal marine biomass but they have been poorly studied by molecular tools and no genome has so far been sequenced. Copepods are common as parasites on fishes and the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is the most importa nt species in terms of economical signifi...

Tildelt: kr 6,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Right to health trough litigation? Can court enforced health rights improve health policy and priority setting in poor countries?

Background A majority of the world's governments are obliged through international treaties or national constitutions, or both, to respect, protect, promote and fulfill the human right to health. Cases regarding the right to health care are increasingly b rought before the courts in a number of l...

Tildelt: kr 9,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

HIV vulnerability and HIV prevention needs among men who have sex with men in Tanzania

All over the world, sex between men has been associated with increased risk for HIV transmission. In Africa, however, the impact of the HIV epidemic on men who have sex with men (MSM) has not been well studied. In Tanzania, no previous study has been cond ucted. MSM have also not been a prominent...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Development of methods for tracing nanoparticles in the environment

There is considerable uncertainty related to the potential hazards of nanoparticles (NPs) into the environment, and public concern following reports of toxic effects. One of the major challenges in studying NPs is to detect their presence and distinguish them from natural particles and amorphous ...

Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Akershus

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Membrane trafficking in immunity and tumour suppression

Intracellular membrane trafficking plays key roles in cell signalling and innate and adaptive immunity. Endocytosis and subsequent endolysosomal trafficking of growth factor receptors constitute a crucial mechanism for receptor signal attenuation and tumo ur suppression. For innate immunity again...

Tildelt: kr 10,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Norwegian Proteomics Consortium - Bergen

PROBE, the Norwegian proteomic platform, was established in 2002 by the Norwegian Research Council under the Functional Genomics Initiative (FUGE) to provide the Norwegian scientific community access to the best in proteomic technologies and competence. Located within the Institute of Biomedicine...

Tildelt: kr 9,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A FUGE Nor-MIC Node in Live Cell Imaging and Protein-Protein Interaction Analysis in Plants

There is a growing need to understand fundamental plant processes at the subcellular level. With respect to this it is of paramount importance to the Norwegian research community that a National Imaging Service and Training facility exists to meet these f uture demands. In addition a Molecular Im...

Tildelt: kr 1,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Rogaland

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Development of genetic markers for population biology studies of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus L)

The Northeast Atlantic Mackerel supports one of the most valuable European fisheries producing up to 700000 tonnes per year. Historically the Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock has been split into three spawning components, a western, a southern and a Nort h Sea component. Prior studies have demo...

Tildelt: kr 0,78 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Transport, energi og miljø (TRANSDATA)

Vestlandsforsking har samlet inn og systematisert data om transport, energi og miljø siden instituttet ble opprettet i 1987. En viktig tidlig milepel var i 1993 ved utgivelsen av rapporten "Persontransport, konsekvenser for energi og miljø". Rapporten dok umenterte utviklingen i en omfattende dat...

Tildelt: kr 2,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Vestland

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Structure-property relations of wood fibres: 3D characterisation and modelling

Traditional manufacturing of pulp for paper products in a process of moving to countries with plantations of fast growing trees located close to the mills. Hence, in the long term perspective, the Nordic pulp and paper industry needs to maintain the advan tages offered by its worldwide technologi...

Tildelt: kr 4,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

7 - The World Ocean in Globalization: Challenges for marine regions - international conference

Following on the adoption of the UN Law of the Sea Convention in December 1982, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) co-organized in 1983 a conference with the Law of the Sea Institute, held in Oslo. A decade later, in November 1994 the Law of the Sea Conv ention entered into force. To discuss ear...

Tildelt: kr 0,20 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Potential of the European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) for cultivation and industrial exploitation in Norway.

To day there are no industrial exploitation of the European blueberry (EB) in Norway, in contradiction to the highly exploited lowbush blueberry of Canada. However, the EB have a much higher content of biological compounds important for human health (ant ioxidants etc.). In addition it is regard...

Tildelt: kr 7,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Lifestyle Choices and Health: Participation in the Norwegian Monitor Survey 2007

The average Norwegian weighs 5.0-5.8 kilos more now than fifteen years ago. More than fifty percent of us are now either overweight or obese. The trend is negative also for related chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and certain cancer types. This ha s been linked to unhealthier diets and mo...

Tildelt: kr 0,30 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Biogas residue - a safety risk in organic farming?

The Norwegian government aims to increase the organic food production and consumption to 15 % of the total within year 2015. To reach this ambiguous goal, it is estimated that of the total Norwegian agricultural area for each crop, approx. 18 % of the mea dow, 20 % of the pasture, 7,5 % of cereal...

Tildelt: kr 4,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Akershus

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Factors of importance for bioaccumulation and effects of new and old POPs in a seabird top predator, the great skua

Despite declining levels of many persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as PCB and DDT, new emerging pollutants, notably brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have increased in northern ecosystems, including the Arctic, in the last two decades. The knowledge a...

Tildelt: kr 8,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

From plants to human - plant accumulation and transfer of organic foreign compounds in primary food chain

The transfer of contaminants from soil through the food chain -from farm to fork- is a major issue of the agenda of the European Commission and also a thematic priority area within The Food Research Programme's Call for 2008. To achieve the goal of food s afety, knowledge and tools for estimating...

Tildelt: kr 3,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014

The purpose of "Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014" is to research the historical relations between Norway and Russia / the Soviet Union in the period 1814-2014. It will result in two richly illustrated volumes, which will be an important contribution to the 200th anniversary of...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Differential neuroendocrine regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in Atlantic cod and GFP-transgenic medaka.

This project investigates how pituitary gonadotrope cells develop and mature during puberty, and how the two gonadotropins, FSH and LH, are differentially regulated. Puberty is regulated by the brain-pituitary-gonad axis. Forebrain GnRH binds to specific receptors on pituitary gonadotropes, there...

Tildelt: kr 8,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

A National Service Platform for Global Analysis of Genome Structure and Function. The Norwegian Microarray Consortium (NMC)

The FUGE Microarray Platform is run by the Norwegian Microarray Consortium (NMC), based on a formal institutional collaboration between RR/UiO, NTNU, and UiB. We offer in-house production of standard and custom arrays, expression and genomic profiling ser vices (RNA or DNA in-DATA out) with diffe...

Tildelt: kr 9,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Towards sustainable management of moose, red deer and their food resources

The density of moose and red deer has increased dramatically in Norway during the last three decades. In general, large herbivores can have profound impact on ecosystem structure and processes (e.g. succession, biodiversity), which is mainly mediated by b rowsing/grazing impacts on plants. In tur...

Tildelt: kr 5,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Technology for grading and sorting of fish - focus on gutted salmon, herring and mackerel

The Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture industry presently faces a challenge in competing with countries with low labour cost and thus low production costs such as Chile and Poland. In order to create an economical robust business environment, the Norwegi an fish industry should focus on optimizi...

Tildelt: kr 7,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Securing fish-farming technology and operations to reduce escapes (SECURE)

Solving problems related to escapes is dependent on a combination of research into several technological disciplines and biological knowledge related to the behaviour of fish in net pens. SECURE will address these challenges by bringing together expertise in structural engineering, hydrodynamics...

Tildelt: kr 13,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Coordinated action: Lice international (Canada (USA), Scotland, Ireland and Norway)

Increased levels of farmed salmonid hosts for parasitic sea lice have raised the question of transfer between farmed and wild sources. The study of distribution and dispersal of sea lice has thus become more important over the last years and key institute s from several countries are currently do...

Tildelt: kr 0,98 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Vestland

HAVBRUKS-Havbruk - en næring i vekst

Increasing basic knowledge on muscle abnormalities in intensive production systems

Abnormalities in fish muscle represent not only an ethical and welfare issue, but may also have a negative impact on economy and market acceptance due to growth impairment in affected fish, elevated mortality and reduced fillet quality. Alertness and know ledge on this field is also important for...

Tildelt: kr 4,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Expansion Strategies for Local Food Enterprises

The overall objective of this project is to contribute towards increased value added in local food enterprises, by obtaining new knowledge about the conditions for expansion, and how the industries can solve challenges they face in different phases of exp ansion. Sub-goals: 1. Conduct an analys...

Tildelt: kr 3,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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