2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 31, 2000 Genetics prof. wins Keck award, grant money 0 By Ginnefer Cox Daily Staff Reporter University genetics Prof. John Moran is the latest to join the ranks of those researchers affiliated with the University gaining national recognition for genetics research. Moran sas chosen as one of the year's four recipients of the W M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Award. The W.M. Keck Foundation was founded in 1954 by the late William Myron Keck, founder of the Superior Oil Company. The foundation focuses on grant distributions primarily in the areas of medical research, science, and engineering. During the next five sears, the Universit will receive a grant of up to one million dollars for Moran's current research on the role of long interspersed nuclear elements in human disease and the human genome. LINES .hich make up a portion of human DNA. occasionally transpose and cause muta- tions that result in genetic diseases. Morans research will focus on the pos- sible causes of the transposition of LINES. "At the time I earned n' PhD., few people were studying transposable ele- ments in human DNA. We hope that our research will get other labs interested in LINES. These sequences constitute about 17 percent of human DNA; it will be interesting to see how often they utp and whethertheirjumping contin- ues to influence the evolution of the human genome," Moran said. Thomas Gelehrter, professor and chair of the genetics department at the University, said that lie has observed Moran's growth at the University "As John's department chair I recruited him to Michigan and have watched him grow as a faculty member. le is very smart, insightful and enthu- siastic. His research is exciting and he conveys this excitement to all around him - students, post-doctoral fellows and colleagues."Gelehrter said. Although Moran is currently researching LINES, he is excited about future researching w ith others at the U'ni crsity. "The great thing about the University is that it pros ides a great research envi- ronment with excellent colleagues. One of the fun things about research is you don't always know what you will be doing in the future you just let the results of your experiments lead the way. That is what makes it so fun," Moran said. NORMAP John Moran, an assistant professor for the department of Human Genetics Medicine, sits at his workstation. 0 Napster granted reprieve by appeals judges By Joselyn Gingrich Daily News Editor In an unexpected mosie, two federal appeals judges in California granted the Internet company Napster Inc. a last minute reprieve on Friday. Napster was due to shut down Friday night after receiving a preliminary injunction issued on Wednesday by Chief Judge Marilyn Patel of the United States District Court in San Francisco. The appeals judges said they had "substantial questions" that had been raised about the "merits and form of the injunction". Napster, which claims to have more than 20 mil- lion users, turns user's computers into servers, enabling users to find and exchange songs between computers. The company has come under fire by the Recording Industry Association of America, which said Napster violates copyright laws. The ruling to lift the injunction will last until a three-judge appeals court panel can hear arguments relating to the case. The hear- ing will not be scheduled until after September 12, when the panel finishes taking written arguments. Napster has also come under fire by some uni- versities, who say the service slows down their networks. Northwestern University eliminated access to Napster last December, after officials at the university determined Napster was responsible for causing other information to be transferred at a slower rate. But the University of Michigan never consid- ered such a ban. "The University had elected to not block Napster because swe believe in freedom of infor- mation," Wanda Monroe, director of media rela- tions for the chief information officer said. "But (Napster) could overload the network and that's not the purpose of our network." Monroe said the University has embarked on a campaign to warn students about the dangers of downloading music over the Internet. The office of the CIO has placed ads, deseloped posters and discussed the topic at orientation, Monroe said. According to the Website of the CIO, using pro- grams such as Napster may overload the network, violate copyright laws and give others access to everything on a users PC. "Storing music files could infringe on copyright laws," Monroe said. "We want to make sure the campus is educated on copyright infringement. \'e're concerned about the students." But Monroe said the University isn't likely to shut anything down. "The University promotes the dissemination of knowledge," Monroe said. "We would hesitate to block anything." Andrew Palms, director of product developmhnt for IT Communications, said the shutting down of Napster "would have no direct impact" on the University. "We currently have enough bandwidth" to handle Napster, Palms said. "It doesn't mean a whole lot." But Palms said 35% of the' whole University network is used by residence halls, and most of that is probably the search for entertainment. "The bottom line is that residence halls are doing a lot of stuff off-campus," Palms said. "Clearly, accessing music is a popular thing among studentis" But shutting down Napster won't shut down the exchange of music, Palms pointed out. 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