Amar Jit Singh Klar (April 1, 1947 – March 5, 2017) was an Indian-American yeast geneticist and epigenetics researcher. He received media attention for his research on the genetics of human traits, including handedness and the direction of hair whorls .
9-532: Klar is a family name. Notable people with the surname include: Amar Klar (1947–2017), Indian-American geneticist Barbara Klar (born 1966), Canadian poet Christian Klar (born 1952), German assassin Gary Howard Klar (1947–2020), American actor Michael Klar (1943–2023), German graphic artist Samara Klar , American political scientist [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
18-566: A postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley . In 1978, after getting a phone call from James Watson , Klar began doing yeast research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). He continued to work there until 1988, and served as director of their Delbrück Laboratory from 1985 until then. In 1988, he left CSHL to join the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, which
27-559: A " head injury". Journal of Biosciences The Journal of Biosciences is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Indian Academy of Sciences , Bengaluru, India. The current editor-in-chief is Prof. B J Rao (IISER Tirupati, Tirupati). According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 1.65. The Journal of Biosciences was established in 1934 as
36-412: A group of other geneticists that included James Hicks and Jeffrey Strathern. His prolific career produced numerous publications, many of which were published in premiere journals such as Nature and Science. The novel "The Marriage Plot" written by Pulitzer prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides was loosely based on Klar's sentinel yeast genetics research while at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Klar grew up in
45-717: A small village in India, born before the India/Pakistan partition in what is now called Pakistan. He emigrated to the United States on scholarship initially joining Brandeis University. He was married to Kuljit Klar, with whom he had two daughters: Nitasha and Amy. He died in Frederick, Maryland, on March 5, 2017, in a fall from a ladder at his home. His obituary in the Journal of Biosciences stated that he died from
54-540: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Amar Klar Klar was born on April 1, 1947, in Lyallpur , which was then part of Punjab , India , but is now part of Pakistan . He earned his undergraduate degree in 1967 and his master's degree in 1969, both from Punjab Agricultural University . In 1975, he received his Ph.D. in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison , where he studied under Harlyn O. Halvorson . He then completed
63-689: The Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Section B) . In 1978, the Proceedings were split into three sections: Proceedings-Animal Sciences, Proceedings-Plant Sciences, and Proceedings-Experimental Biology . The latter section was renamed Journal of Biosciences in 1979, and in 1991 it was merged again with the other two sections. The journal covers all areas of biology. It publishes research and reviews, series articles, perspectives, clipboards, commentaries, and short communications. Special theme issues are also published. The details of
72-405: The surname Klar . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klar&oldid=1249632963 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
81-717: Was affiliated with the ABL Basic Research Program in Frederick , Maryland . In 1999, he joined the National Institutes of Health's Center for Cancer Research located in Frederick becoming a Principal Investigator. He studied genetics in yeast and applied his great skills and understanding of that complex system to the understanding of complex inheritance patterns of psychotic disease in individuals and families. Amar Klar developed his career as yeast geneticist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratoryin
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