Janusz Borycz
Senior Instructor
Email: jborycz@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-8826
Fax: 902-494-6585
Mailing Address:
Dalhousie University, Life Sciences Centre, Room 3319, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Research Topics:- Invertebrate Neuronal Signalling
- Neurotransmitter Release & Recycling
- Transmembrane Transporters
- HPLC
- Microdialysis
Education
1997- Ph.D. - Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
1999-2003 Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
2003-2007 National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Baltimore, MD
Research Interest
Neurotransmitters and their transporters – cellular and molecular mechanisms investigated using invertebrate and vertebrate models. Currently mostly focused on histamine (photoreceptor neurotransmitter) recycling in the eye of Drosophila.
Teaching
NESC/PSYO 3371 Neuronal Organization Laboratory
NESC/PSYO 3970 Molecular Neuroscience
NESC/PSYO 3237 Drugs and Behaviour
SCIE 1506 Integrated Science I
SCIE 1507 Integrated Science II