Dr. Daniel José Barbosa currently serves as Assistant Professor of the University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS) - CESPU CRL Grandra. He obtained an Integrated Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences, in 2009, and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences - Specialty of Toxicology, in 2013, at the University of Porto. Daniel Barbosa works in the areas of Molecular and Cell Biology, Neurosciences, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Forensic Sciences. He serves as a Peer Reviewer for Brain Research Bulletin, Reproductive Toxicology, Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Journal of Clinical Medicine, Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology, etc. His research background is focused on the elucidation of molecular and cellular mechanism mediating neurotoxicological phenomena by drugs of abuse and addiction, and the role of dynein/dynactin motor complex in neuronal homeostasis and degeneration, and in cell division. Areas of his research interest include dynein/dynactin motor complex in neuronal homeostasis and degeneration. A particular topic for his future research career is the elucidation of molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenic mis-regulation of myelination in disease, particularly in multiple sclerosis, for translational studies on novel therapeutic targets.