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    • Bioaccumulation of mercury and transcriptional responses in tusk (Brosme brosme), a deep-water fish from a Norwegian fjord 

      Olsvik, Pål Asgeir; Mahjour Azad, Atabak; Yadetie, Fekadu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      High concentrations of mercury (Hg) have been documented in deep-water fish species from some Norwegian fjords. In this study, tusk (Brosme brosme) was sampled from four locations in the innermost parts of Sognefjorden in ...

    • Bioactive copolymer scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Efficacy and host response 

      Suliman, Salwa (Doctoral thesis, 2015-12-11)
      Current research focuses on developing a novel bone-inducing scaffold that could deliver controlled osteogenic growth factors. Several aspects, in particular those influencing the efficacy of such bioactive scaffolds, such ...

    • Bioactive fatty acids and coronary heart disease. Mechanisms and clinical effects of dietary fatty acids 

      Strand, Elin (Doctoral thesis, 2013-06-26)
      Background: A high intake of omega-3 (n-3) long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), which are potential peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonists, has been associated with proposed favourable ...

    • Bioactive Metabolites of Marine Origin Have Unusual Effects on Model Membrane Systems 

      Jakubec, Martin; Totland, Christian; Rise, Frode; Chamgordani, Elahe Jafari; Paulsen, Britt; Maes, Louis; Matheeussen, An; Gundersen, Lise-Lotte; Halskau, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Marine sponges and soft corals have yielded novel compounds with antineoplastic and antimicrobial activities. Their mechanisms of action are poorly understood, and in most cases, little relevant experimental evidence is ...

    • Bioactive peptides from microalgae: Focus on anti-cancer and immunomodulating activity 

      Skjånes, Kari; Æsøy, Reidun; Herfindal, Lars; Skomedal, Hanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In addition to the rapidly expanding field of using microalgae for food and feed, microalgae represent a tremendous potential for new bioactive compounds with health-promoting effects. One field where new therapeutics is ...

    • Bioactivity of Biosilica Obtained From North Atlantic Deep-Sea Sponges 

      Dudik, Olesia; Amorim, Sara; Xavier, Joana R.; Rapp, Hans Tore; Silva, Tiago H.; Pires, Ricardo A.; Reis, Rui L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-17)
      Demosponges are a well-known source of a plethora of bioactive compounds. In particular, they are able to form a skeleton by direct deposition of silica in a process catalyzed by silicatein. Herein, we isolated biosilicas ...

    • Bioaerosols in the Slaughter Department of Processing Factories for Farmed Salmon. Bacteria and Endotoxins 

      Adams, Camilla Solheim (Master thesis, 2021-05-15)
      Bakgrunn Er det mulig at patogene og opportunistiske bakterier kommer inn i lakseslakteriene med fisk og sjøvann og aerosoliseres langs prosesslinjen? Målet i denne studien var å skaffe mer kunnskap om bioaerosolsammensetningen ...

    • Bioavailability of iodine from a meal consisting of sushi and a wakame seaweed salad—A randomized crossover trial 

      Aakre, Inger; Tveit, Inger Beate; Myrmel, Lene Secher; Fjære, Even; Ballance, Simon; Rosendahl-Riise, Hanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The consumption of seaweed is on the rise in the Western world. Seaweeds may contain substantial amounts of iodine, and some species could serve as a potential dietary iodine source. However, limited data on the iodine ...

    • Bioavailability of iron, zinc, folate and vitamin A when fortified in condiments and seasonings 

      Degerud, Eirik Magnus Meek; Manger, Mari Skar; Strand, Tor A.; Dierkes, Jutta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11)
      Seasonings and condiments can be candidate vehicles for micronutrient fortification if consumed consistently and if dietary practices ensure bioavailability of the nutrient. In this review, we identify factors that may ...

    • Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts 

      Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Risch, Anita C.; Ashton, Louise; Augustine, David; Bélanger, Nicolas; Bridgham, Scott; Britton, Andrea J.; Bruckman, Viktor J.; Camarero, J. Julio; Cornelissen, Gerard; Crawford, John A.; Dijkstra, Feike A.; Diochon, Amanda; Earl, Stevan; Edgerley, James; Epstein, Howard; Felton, Andrew; Fortier, Julien; Gagnon, Daniel; Greer, Ken; Griffiths, Hannah M.; Halde, Caroline; Hanslin, Hans Martin; Harris, Lorna I.; Hartsock, Jeremy A.; Hendrickson, Paul; Hovstad, Knut Anders; Hu, Jia; Jani, Arun D.; Kent, Kelcy; Kerdraon-Byrne, Deirdre; Khalsa, Sat Darshan S.; Lai, Derrick Y. F.; Lambert, France; LaMontagne, Jalene M.; Lavergne, Stéphanie; Lawrence, Beth A.; Littke, Kim; Leeper, Abigail C.; Licht, Mark A.; Liebig, Mark A.; Lynn, Joshua; Maclean, Janet E.; Martinsen, Vegard; McDaniel, Marshall D.; McIntosh, Anne C. S.; Miesel, Jessica R.; Miller, Jim; Mulvaney, Michael J.; Moreno, Gerardo; Newstead, Laura; Pakeman, Robin J.; Pergl, Jan; Pinno, Bradley D.; Piñeiro, Juan; Quigley, Kathleen; Radtke, Troy M.; Reed, Paul; Rolo, Víctor; Rudgers, Jennifer; Rutherford, P. Michael; Sayer, Emma J.; Serrano-Grijalva, Lilia; Strack, Maria; Sukdeo, Nicole; Taylor, Andy F. S.; Truax, Benoit; Tsuji, Leonard J. S.; van Gestel, Natasja; Vaness, Brenda M.; Van Sundert, Kevin; Vítková, Michaela; Weigel, Robert; Wilton, Meaghan J.; Yano, Yuriko; Teen, Ewing; Bremer, Eric (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Understanding the chemical composition of our planet's crust was one of the biggest questions of the 20th century. More than 100 years later, we are still far from understanding the global patterns in the bioavailability ...

    • A biobank of primary teeth within the Norwegian mother and child cohort study (MoBa) per 2014: A resource for the future 

      Tvinnereim, Helene Meyer; Lygre, Gunvor Bentung; Haug, Kjell; Schreuder, Patricia; Klock, Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) is a prospective population-based cohort study including more than 100,000 pregnancies and following the children through childhood, using questionnaires and collecting ...

    • bioCEED Survey 2015 

      Hole, Torstein Nielsen; Jeno, Lucas Matias; Holtermann, Kristin; Raaheim, Arild; Velle, Gaute; Simonelli, Anne Laure; Vandvik, Vigdis (Research report, 2016-04)
      The bioCEED Survey 2015 is a baseline study of major tertiary-level biology education in Norway. The survey addresses themes such as learning in practice, transferable skills, motivation, laboratory and field learning, ...

    • Biochemical analysis of novel NAA10 variants suggests distinct pathogenic mechanisms involving impaired protein N‑terminal acetylation 

      McTiernan, Nina; Tranebjærg, Lisbeth; Bjørheim, Anna Steensen; Hogue, Jacob S.; Wilson, William G.; Schmidt, Berkley; Boerrigter, Melissa M.; Nybo, Maja L.; Smeland, Marie; Tümer, Zeynep; Arnesen, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      NAA10 is the catalytic subunit of the N-terminal acetyltransferase complex, NatA, which is responsible for N-terminal acetylation of nearly half the human proteome. Since 2011, at least 21 different NAA10 missense variants ...

    • Biochemical and biophysical characterisation of HMBS variants associated with acute intermittent porphyria 

      Sæter, Marthe Christie (Master thesis, 2022-06-01)

    • Biochemical and cellular analysis of Ogden syndrome reveals downstream Nt-acetylation defects 

      Myklebust, Line Merethe; Van Damme, Petra; Støve, Svein Isungset; Dörfel, Max J; Abboud, Angèle; Kalvik, Thomas Vikestad; Grauffel, Cédric; Jonckheere, Veronique; Wu, Yiyang; Swensen, Jeffrey; Kaasa, Hanna; Liszczak, Glen; Marmorstein, Ronen; Reuter, Nathalie; Lyon, Gholson J; Gevaert, Kris; Arnesen, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-03)
      The X-linked lethal Ogden syndrome was the first reported human genetic disorder associated with a mutation in an N-terminal acetyltransferase (NAT) gene. The affected males harbor an Ser37Pro (S37P) mutation in the gene ...

    • Biochemical and virological analysis of the 18-residue C-terminal tail of HIV-1 integrase 

      Dar, Mohd J.; Monel, Blandine; Krishnan, Lavanya; Shun, Ming-Chieh; Di Nunzio, Francesca; Helland, Dag Emil; Engelman, Alan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-10-19)
      Background The 18 residue tail abutting the SH3 fold that comprises the heart of the C-terminal domain is the only part of HIV-1 integrase yet to be visualized by structural biology. To ascertain the role of the tail region ...

    • BioContainers: An open-source and community-driven framework for software standardization 

      Leprevost, Felipe da Veiga; Grüning, Björn A.; Alves Aflitos, Saulo; Röst, Hannes L.; Uszkoreit, Julian; Barsnes, Harald; Vaudel, Marc; Moreno, Pablo; Gatto, Laurent; Weber, Jonas; Bai, Mingze; Jimenez, Rafael C.; Sachsenberg, Timo; Pfeuffer, Julianus; Vera Alvarez, Roberto; Griss, Johannes; Nesvizhskii, Alexey I.; Perez-Riverol, Yasset (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03-30)
      Motivation BioContainers (biocontainers.pro) is an open-source and community-driven framework which provides platform independent executable environments for bioinformatics software. BioContainers allows labs of all sizes ...

    • Biodiversity and ecology of lichens of Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. 

      McCune, Bruce; Arup, Ulf; Breuss, Othmar; Di Meglio, Elisa; Di Meglio, Joseph; Esslinger, T.L.; Miadlikowska, Jolanta; Miller, A.E.; Rosentreter, R.; Schultz, M.; Sheard, John; Tønsberg, Tor; Walton, J. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12)
      We inventoried lichens in Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska, USA We assembled the known information on occurrence and ecology of lichens in this park by combining field, herbarium, and literature studies. Our results ...

    • Biodiversity and spatial ecology of arctic sponge grounds in the Nordic Seas 

      Meyer, Heidi Kristina (Doctoral thesis, 2022-06-17)
      Sponge grounds are biogenic habitats formed by large structure-forming sponges in the deep-sea. They are biodiversity hotspots because they provide associated fauna a place of refuge, additional substratum, foraging areas, ...

    • Biodiversity studies in Afrotropical moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) 

      Kvifte, Gunnar Mikalsen (Master thesis, 2011-09-01)
      NB! The nomenclatural acts proposed herein are not validly published according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and must therefore be considered mere suggestions rather than valid scientific names(ICZN, ...