Analys av den genetiska bakgrunden för fenotypisk variation baserat på husdjur och modellorganismer
Professor Leif Andersson
Period: 2005-07-01 - 2010-06-30
Genome sequences are now available for a number of organisms. A grand challenge in biology is now to elucidate the function of all coding as well as non-coding sequences (non-coding RNA and regulatory sequences). Another grand challenge is to ...

Änder och influensa - utveckling av en infektionsmodel för att studera subletala effekter och immunitet av influensa A-infektion hos gräsänder
Dr Gunnar Gunnarsson
Period: 2009-01-01 - 2009-12-31
Even though many bird species, including poultry, can be infected by influenza A virus, the main natural reservoir is birds related to water (e.g. ducks). The project aims to study how birds are affected by infection of influenza A, and whether ...

Ansökan om finansiellt stöd för Nordisk konferens om Inomhusmiljö och Hälsa arrangerad av SWESIAQ.
Dr Nikolaj Tolstoy
Period: 2005-04-27 - 2005-04-28
Economic support to the Third Nordic Conference Indoor Air and Health arranged by SWESIAQ. 70 000 SEK

Ansökan om medel för planering och utarbetande av ansökan om Integrated project med titeln Milk and dairy products with optimised bioactivity (T5.4.3.1) september 2005
Dr Gunilla Önning
Period: 2005-09-01 - 2005-12-31
At the consultation with the researcher community by the EC in June 2002 an Expression of Interest was submitted by us with the title *Milk bioactive compounds for human health*. Since approx. one year a topic for an Integrated Project within area ...

Antibiotikas effekter på bakteriers resistensutveckling i den akvatiska miljön. Riskutvärdering av antibiotikarester i miljön
Dr Richard Lindberg
Period: 2007-07-01 - 2010-06-30
This research project will focus on the environmental fate of antibiotics, which is governed by some primary processes, e.g. partioning between water/sediment, sorption onto suspended particles, etc. Simultaneously we will quantify some well known ...

ANTIOXIDATIVA PROTEINER I KONVENTIONELL OCH EKOLOGISK MJÖLK
Professor Björn Åkesson
Period: 2005-01-01 - 2005-12-31
Lipid oxidation is an important cause of food deterioration in milk and other foods. A complex interplay of pro- and antioxidants regulate the extent and profile of these reactions. This project aims to give new data on the occurrence of antioxidant ...

Är exponering för partikulära luftföroreningar associerade med kväveoxid med kväveoxid i utandningsluft och inflammationsmarkörer i blod?
Professor Kjell Torén
Period: 2005-01-01 - 2007-12-31
There is probably a causally association between exposure to air pollution and coronary heart disease. The proposed mechanism is that air pollution gives rise to airway inflammation, especially in the distal airways and alveoli. This inflammation ...

Askdöd - sjukdomsutbredning, karaktärisering av patogen och samspel med miljöfaktorer
Dr Pia Barklund
Period: 2007-01-01 - 2010-12-31
In the summer 2004 decline and death of common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) was reported widely in Sweden. Detailed investigations of the disease symptoms showed leaf death, shoot dieback and bark canker formation ultimately leading to tree death ...

Att tåla eller inte tåla - matens betydelse för att förebygga födoämnesöverkänslighet i barnaåren
Professor Karin Fälth-Magnusson
Period: 2005-01-01 - 2008-12-31
Food intolerance in childhood is an increasing problem, both for temporary allergies, e.g. to cow´s milk and egg, and the permanent intolerance to gluten. Current research pinpoints “loss of health promoting factors* as the main reason for this, ...