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IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Imaging Genetics Overseas Researcher Project UCSD

Psychiatric disorders are now recognized as leading causes of morbidity and rank as some of the most costly disorders to affect humans, but the disease mechanisms are still mostly unknown. Recent breakthroughs in genetics have identified molecular mechani sms of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia...

Tildelt: kr 0,51 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Scancor Visiting Scholar

My main research activity for this period will be concentrated on two ongoing projects. First, the research project "Reforming the Welfare State. Accountability, Democracy and Management" funded by the Norwegian Research Council for the period 2011-2013 a nd headed by me. The second research pro...

Tildelt: kr 0,18 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Dark Electromagnetism: exploring the interactions between Dark Energy and light, theory and signatures

The project consists of two parts. The first part of the project will involve the survey of the available models of Dark Energy, in particular those which employ a Dark energy quantum field. Once the interaction is defined and characterised, the next st ep is to study the models from a theoreti...

Tildelt: kr 0,17 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Motivic Homotopies

Over global fields, the PI plans to compute with the Adams spectral sequence in the examples of connective algebraic K-theory and motivic Brown-Peterson theory. The approach is reminiscent of the local-to-global philosophy employed in class field theory. A local-to-global principle is a statem...

Tildelt: kr 0,34 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Pragmatism, Naturalism, Subjectivity

1. The first paper examines the explanatory relation between thought and meaning, as this is handled by Rorty and other neo-pragmatists. I argue that a multi-dimensional notion of mind, acknowledging a range of mental capacities that do not presuppose lan guage, is better suited to the naturalist...

Tildelt: kr 91 000

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Linguistic norms, identity practices and language planning

1. The recent terror attack in Norway was perpetrated by a native-born Norwegian racist and self-avowed opponent of multiculturalism in Europe. It is against this tragic backdrop that we contemplate the role of hip hop culture in the ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversification of nation stat...

Tildelt: kr 0,19 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Calibration of a passive air sampler for volatile organic contaminants

One of the largest environmental challenges today is the ubiquitous presence of organic contaminants in all parts of the environment. Organic contaminants are defined by their toxicity, their ability to accumulate in living organisms, their slow environme ntal degradation rate and their potential...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Informing health policy processes through research Bridging health and political science approaches when informing health systems decisions

Improving performance of health systems is needed in both developed and developing countries. The main challenges today are not related to developing new technologies and clinical interventions, but to understand how to scale up and deliver health care an d how the system should be financed, orga...

Tildelt: kr 0,33 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

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...

Tildelt: kr 92 000

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

The reading network in dyslexia

Developmental dyslexia is a common reading disorder, affecting 5-15% of the population that negatively impacts a child's ability to achieve literacy. Because the developing brain is so plastic, there are substantial changes that occur as a result of skil l development, which can confound attempt...

Tildelt: kr 46 000

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

New experimental approaches to study normal and cancer stem cells

As part of an approved sabbatical September 1, 2011 - September 1, 2012 I will conduct research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Stanford University in the San Francisco Bay Area to build expertise in stem cell biology and state-of-the- art high content screening technologies. ...

Tildelt: kr 0,32 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Framing Public Engagement with New Energy Technologies

The project examines how the social implications of carbon capture and storage (CCS) have been communicated by environmental NGOs (ENGOs). Research in Norway and the U.S. will be used to compare national characteristics of ENGO science communication, with particular reference to the links betwee...

Tildelt: kr 0,25 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Life in Volcanic Glass: Characterizing the Formation and Preservation of Biosignatures in the Troodos Ophiolite

Microorganisms that inhabit subseafloor basalts have enormous effects on global geochemical cycling and may represent some of the oldest signs of life on Earth. This makes the study of biosignatures in fragments of ancient seafloor (ophiolites) an importa nt endeavor. Researchers in Bergen have p...

Tildelt: kr 74 000

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

How ice sheets shrink: Using the retreat of Norwegian fjord glaciers to inform forecasts of Greenland Ice Sheet retreat

Ice sheets are melting and sea level is rising. The expected magnitude of ice sheet retreat is unlike anything humanity has faced in historical time. Geological records of past ice sheet change can be used to inform models of future ice sheet change. T he PI proposes to work with colleagues in...

Tildelt: kr 33 000

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Lost in Translation? Religion at five UN treaty bodies

The purpose of my Ph.D.-project, preliminary titled "Lost in Translation?", is to analyze how five United Nations treaty bodies apply the term "religion" in their monitoring of state compliance with international human rights treaties. The analysis is mot ivated by the long lasting scepticism wit...

Tildelt: kr 0,13 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Comparative genomics of the ecological transition from saptrotrophy to ectomycorrhiza

We will study the evolutionary changes that have happened when a fungal species has gone through the transition from being a rotting fungus to forming symbiotic relationships with plants. The family Serpulaceae mostly consist of brown rot fungi (e. g. the devastating dry rot fungus Serpula lacry...

Tildelt: kr 99 000

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Balancing Competing Claims to Coastal and Inland Water Resources: Comparing California on the US West Coast with the Norwegian experience

It is estimated that by 2025, the U.S. alone will need more than 1.5 million metric tons of additional seafood at the current rate of consumption. Worldwide consumption likewise is projected to arrive at close to 170 million tons of seafood per year by 20 50. Present day marine input in the syste...

Tildelt: kr 0,32 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Resolving the Ocean's Role in Rapid Climate Variability

This application seeks support for a 12 month research stay for Ulysses Ninnemann at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). The goal of the research stay is to transform our ability to characterize the timing and spatial imprint of rapid climate and oc ean changes in the past. Utilizing our u...

Tildelt: kr 0,33 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Extending Contemporary Research on Social and Economic Exchanges

The objective of the project is to extend social exchange theory on two particular accounts. First, according to leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, leaders develop unique exchange relationships of varying quality with individual followers. These exchang e relationships are assumed to fall on a ...

Tildelt: kr 0,18 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Synthetic Biology at University of California at Berkeley and SynBERC: construction of novel microbial producers of biofuels and medicines

Synthetic Biology is a newengineering discipline, which takes advantage of the genetic and biological information rapidly accumulating in the post-genomic era. Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a research centre founded by the US Department of Energy. Its major goal is to develop new technolo...

Tildelt: kr 0,31 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Biochar on acidic agricultural lands: Sequestering carbon and improving crop yield

Biochar is charcoal from pyrolysis of organic waste. Dug into soil, biochar is stable, so its carbon is removed from the carbon cycle. This mitigates climate change. Biochar also increases soil quality, among others by reducing soil acidity, which is very relevant for degraded, acidic agricultur...

Tildelt: kr 0,26 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Moving evidence based practice into daily life at school

The past two decades have brought clear progress and a stronger empirical base to the field of school-based preventive practices and programs. A growing number of sophisticated models have been developed over time. Preventive interventions based on these models have been tested empirically and s...

Tildelt: kr 0,15 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Disagreement about the Business Cycle and the Term Structure of Interest Rates

The level, slope, curvature and volatility of yields and the predictability of nominal bond returns and the high persistence of changes in their yields are important features of government bonds (U.S. Treasuries). While there are many sophisticated reduce d form models that are successful in expl...

Tildelt: kr 0,34 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Integrated platform for "optical-squeezing" of red blood cells: A marker for structural deformation for stored blood lesion

Scientific Abstract: The aim of the proposal is two-fold. First, we plan to develop a platform for optical squeezing of red blood cells (RBCs) on the surface of an optical waveguide. Measurement of the tensile strength of RBCs can be used as a marker for the diagnosis of 'structural disorders' d...

Tildelt: kr 0,32 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Truth and Intentionality: A critical examination of the logical and semantical basis of John McDowell's Descriptive Metaphysics.

John McDowell's Kantian-inspired, non-reductive account of the place of mind in nature has generated an intense debate and come under sever scrutiny from virtually all corners of the philosophical community. The various areas of his multifarious thinking have, however, generally been treated apa...

Tildelt: kr 0,33 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Friends or foes? Understanding the Role of Firms and Workplaces for worker Health - Gender and sickness absence

In my doctoral project I intend to shed light on the relation between gender and sickness absence and will try to identify work-related causes to gender differences in sickness absence. One of the most stable and prominent finding in research on sickness absence is that women have higher absence...

Tildelt: kr 0,15 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2013

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Glacial Archaeology from Central Norway

Glacial Archaeology in Central Norway Background Since 1914 and onwards, more than 180 prehistoric artefacts have been discovered in the mountains of Central Norway on alpine snow patches. Today, as glaciers and snow patches continue to melt with gatherin g speed, more and continually older archa...

Tildelt: kr 0,16 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

The Autopoetics of Raymond Carver: A Study of His Poetry Career

The purpose of this project is a research trip to the United States in 2011 to complete the main chapters of a book manuscript: The Autopoetics of Raymond Carver: A Study of His Poetry Career. This book is the most important step in the applicant's proces s of attaining the competence necessary f...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

The Negotiation of National Narratives: Collective Narratives in Times of War and Peace.

The main question driving this research project is: what happens when two groups with conflicting collective narratives want to reconcile? The usual answer would be a cessation of violence and subsequent peace agreement, meaning the division of land and t he mutual recognition of sovereignty. I a...

Tildelt: kr 33 000

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-BILAT-Mobilitet Norge-USA /Canada

Immuno-gene-therapy of prostate cancer with retargeted T cells

Main objectives: i) Bring in state-of-the-art technology to the cancer immunotherapy center at Oslo University Hospital and establish collaboration with Baylor College ii) Develop novel prostate cancer therapy with T lymphocytes genetically modified to express high affinity T cell receptors (T...

Tildelt: kr 0,32 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2011-2012

Sted: Ukjent Fylke