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

Identification of molecules involved in the generation of the MHC class II peptide loading compartment.

Visualization of vesicular trafficking has become possible by the rapid development of imaging techniques that utilize fast computers and fast on line imaging systems. Biologically we have developed a system for studying trafficking events in the immune specific intracellular pathway towards the...

Tildelt: kr 2,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Pragmatic Resources in Old Indo-European Languages - visit from Professor Jared Klein

PROIEL will be a close linguistic study of the language of the Greek text of the New Testament as well as its translations into the old Indo-European languages Latin, Gothic, Armenian and Church Slavonic. In its first stage, the project aims at describing and accounting for the so-called 'pragma...

Tildelt: kr 36 500

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

A petroleum geology cooperation between UTIG and UiS

Four main areas of research intend to be initiated during the visit of Dr. Paul Mann in Stavanger. 1.Petroleum Geology program, structural geology and subsurface interpretation, at the University of Stavanger: The design of a course in structural styles using subsurface data worldwide. We can be...

Tildelt: kr 95 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Rogaland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

The genetic architecture of reproductive isolation

Climate change is rapidly affecting the natural world and will undoubtedly affect biodiversity, but biologists know very little about the effects of climate change on the development of new species. In this project, I will use mathematical models and comp uter simulations to study the effects of ...

Tildelt: kr 0,28 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Diversity and agronomical study of Jatropha curcas in East Africa at the CGIAR - World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi

Jatropha curcas has a large oil producing capacity. Lately in the climate changing world biofuels have regained major interest. This is leading to food or fuel discussions of which Jatropha oil is not subjected, because it is toxic. In many parts of Afric a this plant has been used in 300 years f...

Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Akershus

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Aerodynamics of bridge cables

This project focuses on bridge cable vibrations due to wind loads, more precisely on dry cable aerodynamics in critical Reynolds number range. The topic is highly relevant for major forthcoming bridges in Norway. The main body of the project consists of an extensive experimental campaign, to b...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Rogaland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Teamwork and incentives

Team production is one of the defining characteristics of a firm, and there seems to be a consensus that teamwork is particularly important in knowledge-intensive organizations. However, empirical findings suggest that the use individual incentives, as op posed to team incentives, is higher in kn...

Tildelt: kr 81 500

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Exploring and expanding an understanding of Norway's entrepreneural history

Preliminary research suggests these non-conventional religious leaders and groups, being excluded from conventional forms of enterprise, were particularly attuned to new economic and business opportunities. We have focused on the idea of Israel Kirzner w hen he notes that entrepreneurs are espec...

Tildelt: kr 81 500

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Down-regulation of gene expression in Gram-positive bacteria using RNase P

"Shoot the messenger"-strategies is a new innovative tool in functional genomic research of both bacteria and mammalian cells. This approach also holds promise for the development of a new class of therapeutics using RNA-molecules to silence unwanted gene expression in vivo. We will explore and ...

Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Ethnicity and mental health among youths: a longitudinal project

The research project will investigate social factors that may affect the development of mental health among youths from ethnic minority groups and from the majority population, with analyses distinguishing between the genders. Data will be collected in Dr ammen. Research indicates that perceived...

Tildelt: kr 2,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

The State of Literature: Exploring Genealogy and Autopoiesis in the Work of António Lobo Antunes

I intend to investigate the role of autopoiesis - or self-creation - in the work of Portuguese writer, António Lobo Antunes (1942-). By borrowing a term from biology, my analysis is based on an aesthetic paradigm which enables us to approach literature as a composite body, or autopoietic system....

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

VAM-Velferd, arbeidsliv og migrasjon

Protection of Civilians within Refugee Camp Environments: The Lawful Separation of Armed Elements

Det främsta målet med detta projekt är att systematisera skyddet för civila i flyktinglägermiljöer med utgångspunkt i flyktingrätt, humanitär rätt och mänskliga rättigheterna. En viktig del av detta skydd ligger i den legala separationen av väpnade elemen t för att upprätthålla flyktinglägrens ci...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

FRIBIO-Biologi og biomedisin

Molecular interactions and signalling mechanisms of 5-HT4 and 5-HT7 serotonin receptors

The basis for the current project is observations in our lab indicating special properties of two serotonin receptors, 5-HT4 and 5-HT7. First, we have demonstrated that the 5-HT7 receptor behaves as if it were preassociated with G protein in the absence of ligand and reduces the signalling capac...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

FRIMED-Klinisk medisin og folkehelse

A Pilot Study to Develop a Model of Acute-on-Chronic Model of Liver Failure in Dog

Liver failure is a serious problem that carries a high mortality. Two common presentations of liver failure exist: acute liver failure (ALF) of previously healthy subjects, and acute-on-chronic liver failure of subjects with existing (cirrhotic) liver dis ease. These two presentations of liver fa...

Tildelt: kr 1,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Synthesis of new alkylated and hydroxylated PAH-standards targeted for marine environmental monitoring of oil spills and produced water

PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) have been of environmental concern for decades due to their biological effects. Smaller PAHs and particularly their alkylated analogues are present in crude oil, and are released to the environment through oil spil ls and produced water discharges in oil p...

Tildelt: kr 62 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Rogaland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Maternal Corticotropin-releasing hormone levels during pregnancy and offspring levels of Adiponectin

Obesity and it's consequences are emerging as a prime threat to health in the western world. During the last 20 years the prevalence of obesity has increased in all age groups, including children. This has led the search for etiological clues. Several st udies have shown an association between l...

Tildelt: kr 33 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRISAM-Fri prosjektstøtte samfunnsvitenskap

Being Jewish and Arab: Nationalism among Mizrahim in a development town in the Galilee.

The research project aims to investigate the meaning and dynamics of contemporary nationalism among Mizrahim (non-European Jews) in a development town in the Galilee in Northern Israel. I am interested in the subjective element of attachment to nations an d ethnic groups by their members, and I i...

Tildelt: kr 1,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

FRIHUM-Fri prosjektstøtte humanistiske fag

Hiroshima: Representations of war in contemporary Japan

The main objective of this project is to show how Japan's many narratives of the bombing of Hiroshima in particular, and the experience of World War II in general, have contributed to a repression of other narratives, like those of Japanese wartime aggres sion. Narratives of Japan's war tend to b...

Tildelt: kr 2,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Kvinnelige godseieres makt og innflytelse i senmiddelalderens Skandinavia

Prosjektets utgangspunkt er kvinners generelle fravær i tradisjonelle framstillinger av politisk historie i middelalderens Norden og Europa. Gjennom å kartlegge og analysere kvinnelige godseieres sosiale nettverk, ønsker jeg å synliggjøre i hvilken grad o g på hvilken måte adelskvinner utøvde mak...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Geometric changes of Austfonna and Devon ice cap

Arctic glaciers and ice caps respond faster to global warming than the larger and colder ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Their contribution to sea level rise over the next century may therefore be larger than from the ice sheets. Austfonna ice cap (Svalbard) and Devon ice cap (Arctic Can...

Tildelt: kr 73 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

The 2008 Pacific salmon telemetry project in British Columbia, Canada.

The marine phase is assumed to have the major influence on variations in population abundances of Atlantic salmon. However, compared to the freshwater phase, knowledge of marine life-history is scare and completely lacking for most populations. In recent years, important information regarding mar...

Tildelt: kr 90 940

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Investment and capacity development and regulatory compliance and enforcement in fisheries.

A Leiv Eiriksson mobility grant is requested to make it possible for Linda Nøstbakken to visit the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy of the University of California at Berkeley in spring 2008. Nøstbakken has been invited to stay at UC Berkeley as a visiting scholar fro...

Tildelt: kr 62 000

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Vestland

MILPAAHEL-Miljøpåvirkning og helse

Hearing loss and tinnitus: genetic and environmental effects

Depending on the criteria used 1/3 - 1/6 of the population experience hearing impairment. Tinnitus is defined as the sensation of sound without any outer sound stimulus present. Environmental risk factors such as noise exposure are frequently described fo r both the diseases. A genetic component ...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2015

Sted: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

LAND: Fire history in Trillemarka

Fire is the principal disturbance process in boreal forests, and little is known about the historical variability of fire frequency in Norway. An understanding of the historic variability in disturbance regimes is essential for implementing ecosystem mana gement. This Ph.D. project will study fir...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Concept Formation and Knowledge in Early Greek Stoicism.

This doctoral thesis will contribute to the scholarship by giving an account of the function of preconceptions (prolepseis) in the theory of knowledge and concept formation in Early Greek Stoicism. In Early Greek Stoicism, preconceptions (prolepseis) have two essential roles. On the one hand, th...

Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Moral responsiblity: Challenges and implications for law and political theory

The research will be presented in five articles which all relate to moral responsibility. I will address challenges to moral responsibility in light of empirical knowledge, i.e., neuroscientific knowledge about the causes of human behaviour and sociologic al knowledge of divergences in people's c...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Studies of B cell lymphomas at the single cell level

In the research group of Prof. Erlend Smeland, where I have been working for several years, we are working with normal and malignant B cells to identify genes or aberrant signaling pathways that are of importance for the pathogenesis of lymphoma. Prof. Ro nald Levy at Stanford University School o...

Tildelt: kr 0,28 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Proteomic based biomarker discovery in patients with degenerative neurological disorders, infectious disease, and ovarian cancer

During his one year stay at the Broad Institute in 2008, Dr Berven will be working in the field of biomarker discovery. He will continue with activities connected to his main project, which is the discovery of disease specific polypeptide biomarkers in th e cerebrospinal fluid from multiple scler...

Tildelt: kr 0,30 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Vestland

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Quantitative analysis of chemical components in biological fluids by Infrared spectroscopy

Even though, infrared spectroscopy has been used during the past 50 years in the analysis of protein structure and to probe lipid/membrane structure and dynamics, it has not been vigorously pursued as an analytical tool in qiuantitative analysis of chemic al components in biological systems. This...

Tildelt: kr 0,14 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Agder

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Guest researcher: Behavioral syndromes in salmonid fish-Ecological and evolutionary implications

The project concerns a guest researcher that will add valued competence to an already running NFR financed research project. the candidate, working at the level of a psot-doctoral fellow, will in turn receive valuable training in behavioral analysis and m olecular biology. Scientifically, the pro...

Tildelt: kr 0,14 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2008

Sted: Akershus

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