Nelson R. Çabej (born November 17, 1939, in
Gjirokastër
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, Albania) is a biologist and author.
Education
He obtained his
B.A.
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in
veterinary science
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...
in 1961, followed by B.A. in
chemistry
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in 1976, and finally completed his doctorate degree (
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** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ...
) in
biology
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in 1986.
Career
He worked as a veterinarian (1961–66 and 1975–1980), as
immunologist (1970–1975), book editor (1980–1990) and biology lecturer (1985–1995). He lives in
New Jersey
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with his family.
His multifaceted scientific research includes widely different research areas, extending from applied biology (
epizootology), experimental
molecular biology
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and immunology,
genetics
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,
evolution theory
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, development and
epigenetics
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to the history, history of science,
linguistics
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,
philosophy
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,
journalism
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, and translation.
Over the years, Çabej has penned over 100 articles and published 20 books in
Albanian
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and
English
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. Primarily, investigative contributions are in the evolutionary biology with emphasis in the role of epigenetics through the nervous system in the evolution of the animal. The theory, which is positively valued in peer reviewed journals,
is presented in four publications, “The Epigenetic Principles of Evolution” (2012) and “Building the most Complex Structure on Earth” (2013).
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Selected science translations
* Darwin, C. (1859) The Origin of Species. Translated from the English original (1859) publication into Albanian.
* Mendel, G. (1865). Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden. Translated from the German original, with an introduction for the Albanian readership
* Autochthonie der Albaner in der deurschen Forschung. A compilation of selected pieces from 12 German historians and linguists of the last three centuries about the autochthony and the Illyrian origins of Albanians. Translated from German. With an introduction for the Albanian readership.
References
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Albanian veterinarians
Albanian male writers
1939 births
Living people
Albanian science writers
20th-century Albanian writers
21st-century Albanian writers
20th-century male writers