Biografía
José Pontón San Emeterio dedicó más de 30 años a la investigación sobre los hongos patógenos, con particular interés en las micosis invasoras en seres humanos. Sus principales actividades incluían la investigación sobre la patogenia, el diagnóstico y el tratamiento de las micosis: aspergilosis, candidiasis y otras micosis emergentes y oportunistas (factores de virulencia, diagnóstico serológico, actividad antifúngica y mecanismos de resistencia). Se licenció en Ciencias –Biología- en 1978 y se doctoró en Ciencias biológicas (Sobresaliente Cum laude) en 1983, en la Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Bilbao, España), donde fue primero Profesor de Microbiología médica (1978) y después Profesor titular de Microbiología (1988) en la Facultad de Medicina y Odontología de dicha Universidad. José Pontón San Emeterio fue Research fellow en la University of Wisconsin (Madison, EE.UU.), bajo la dirección del Catedrático Jeffrey M. Jones (1985) y en el Mycological Research Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory (Londres, Inglaterra), bajo la dirección del Catedrático Donald. W. Mackenzie (1986). En 1998, obtuvo mediante oposiciones la Cátedra de Microbiología en la Facultad de Medicina y Odontología de la Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. El Catedrático José Pontón San Emeterio fue elegido Presidente de la Asociación Española de Micología para el periodo 2001-2008. Además, fue autor o coautor de más de 250 artículos, revisiones, libros y capítulos de libros de Microbiología médica.
Actividades relevantes
Catedrático de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, España (1998-2010).
Presidente de la Asociación Española de Micología (2000-2008).
Miembro de la Comisión de Investigación de la Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, España (1999-2004).
Investigación
Patogenia, diagnóstico y tratamiento de las micosis: aspergilosis, candidiasis y otras micosis emergentes y oportunistas.
Puestos académicos y de investigación
Profesor de Microbiología médica, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, España (1978-1988).
Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, EE.UU. (1985).
Research Fellow, Mycological Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory Service, Londres, Inglaterra (1986).
Profesor titular de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, España (1988-1998).
Catedrático de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, España (1998-2010).
Pertenencia a Consejos editoriales y Revisor de Revistas científicas
African Journal of Microbiology Research, Analytical Biochemistry, Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Experimental Mycology and Biotechnology, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Letters, FEMS Yeast Research, Frontiers in Bioscience, Infection and Immunity, Journale de Mycologie Medicale, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Journal of Developmental Biology, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Stomatological Investigation, Microbiology (formerly Journal of General Microbiology), Medical Mycology (formerly Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology), Microbiología-SEM, Microbes and Infection, Mycoses, New Microbiologica, Open Dentistry Journal, Oral Diseases, Revista Argentina de Microbiología, Revista de la Facultad de Odontología-Universidad de Tucumán, Revista Iberoamericana de Micología, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, Vaccine.
Publicaciones más relevantes
Pontón J, Moragues MD, Quindós G. Non-culture based diagnostics. En: Calderone R (Ed). Candida and candidiasis. Washington: American Society for Microbiology, 2002; Chapter 33: 395-425. ISBN: 1-55581-212-0.
Pontón J, Quindós G, Cisterna R. Humoral responses of the host to fungi. En: Arora DK, Ajello L, Mukerji KG (Eds). Handbook of Applied Mycology. Vol 2: Humans, Animals and Insects. Marcel Dekker Inc, 1991: 289-339. ISBN: 0-8247-8435-9.
Pazos C, Pontón J, del Palacio A. Contribution of (1→3)-ß-D-glucan chromogenic assay to diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic adult patients: a comparison with serial screening for circulating galactomannan. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2005; 43:299-305. PMID: 15634986
Pontón J, Ruchel R, Clemons KV, Coleman DC, Grillot R, Guarro J, Aldebert D, Ambroise Thomas P, Cano J, Carrillo-Muñoz AJ, Gené J, Pinel C, Stevens DA, Sullivan DJ. Emerging pathogens. Medical Mycology, 2000;38 (Suppl. 1):225-236. PMID: 11204149
Pontón J, Jones JM. Analysis of cell wall extracts of Candida albicans by SDS-polyacrilamide electrophoresis and Western blot techniques. Infection and Immunity 1986; 53: 565-572. PMID: 3527986
Pontón J, Jones JM. Identification of two germ tube specific cell wall antigens of Candida albicans. Infection and Immunity 1986; 54: 864-868. PMID: 2430889
Moragues MD, Omaetxebarria MJ, Elguezabal N, Sevilla MJ, Conti S, Polonelli L, Pontón J. A monoclonal antibody directed against a Candida albicans cell wall mannoprotein exerts three anti-C. albicans activities. Infection and Immunity 2003; 71:5273-5279. PMID: 12933874
Cassone A, De Bernardis F, Pontieri E, Caruba G, Girmenia C, Martino P, Fernández-Rodríguez M, Quindós G, Pontón J. Byotype diversity of Candida parapsilosis and its relationship to the clinical source and experimental pathogenicity. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1995; 171: 967-975. PMID: 7706826
Bikandi J, San Millán R, Moragues MD, Cebas G, Clarke M, Coleman DC, Sullivan DJ, Quindós G, Pontón J. Rapid identification of Candida dubliniensis by indirect immunofluorescence based on differential localization of antigens on C. dubliniensis blastospores and Candida albicans germ tubes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1998;36:2428-2433. PMID: 9705368
Quindós G, Carrillo-Muñoz AJ, Arévalo MP, Salgado J, Alonso-Vargas R, Rodrigo JM, Ruesga MT, Valverde A, Pemán J, Cantón E, Martín-Mazuelos E, Pontón J. In vitro susceptibility of Candida dubliniensis to current and new antifungal agents. Chemotherapy 2000;46:395-401. PMID: 11053905
José Pontón San Emeterio devoted more than 30 years to the research on human mycoses and pathogenic fungi, with a particular focus on invasive mycoses. His current activities included research into pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of mycoses: aspergillosis, candidiasis and other emerging and opportunistic mycoses (virulence factors, serological diagnosis, antifungal activity and mechanisms of resistance). He graduated in Sciences – Biology- in 1978 and got a Ph.D. (with Honours) in 1983 at the Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (Bilbao, Spain), setting first as a Lecturer of Medical Microbiology (1978), and then as Assistant Professor of Microbiology (1988) at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. José Pontón San Emeterio became a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, USA), under the direction of Professor Jeffrey M. Jones (1985) and at the Mycological Research Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory (London, United Kingdom), under the direction of Professor Donald. W. Mackenzie (1986). He was appointed in 1998 to a personal chair as full Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. Professor Pontón San Emeterio was the elected President of the Spanish Association for Mycology during the period 2001-2008. He also was author or co-author of more than 250 peer-reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters on Medical Microbiology.
Roles
Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (1998-2010).
President of the Spanish Association for Mycology (2000-2008).
Member of the University of the Basque Country Research Commission (1999-2004).
Research
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of invasive mycoses –aspergillosis, candidiasis and other emerging and opportunistic mycoses-.
Academic and Research positions
Lecturer of Medical Microbiology, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, Spain (1978-1988).
Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (1985).
Research Fellow, Mycological Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory Service, London, United Kingdom (1986).
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, Spain (1988-1998).
Professor of Microbiology, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, Spain (1998-2010).
Editorial Boards and Reviewer for Scientific Journals
African Journal of Microbiology Research, Analytical Biochemistry, Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Experimental Mycology and Biotechnology, Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Letters, FEMS Yeast Research, Frontiers in Bioscience, Infection and Immunity, Journale de Mycologie Medicale, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Journal of Developmental Biology, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Journal of Stomatological Investigation, Microbiology (formerly Journal of General Microbiology), Medical Mycology (formerly Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology), Microbiología-SEM, Microbes and Infection, Mycoses, New Microbiologica, Open Dentistry Journal, Oral Diseases, Revista Argentina de Microbiología, Revista de la Facultad de Odontología-Universidad de Tucumán, Revista Iberoamericana de Micología, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, Vaccine.
Prominent Publications
Pontón J, Moragues MD, Quindós G. Non-culture based diagnostics. In: Calderone R (Ed). Candida and candidiasis. Washington: American Society for Microbiology, 2002; Chapter 33: 395-425. ISBN: 1-55581-212-0.
Pontón J, Quindós G, Cisterna R. Humoral responses of the host to fungi. In: Arora DK, Ajello L, Mukerji KG (Eds). Handbook of Applied Mycology. Vol 2: Humans, Animals and Insects. Marcel Dekker Inc, 1991: 289-339. ISBN: 0-8247-8435-9.
Pazos C, Pontón J, del Palacio A. Contribution of (1→3)-ß-D-glucan chromogenic assay to diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic adult patients: a comparison with serial screening for circulating galactomannan. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2005; 43:299-305. PMID: 15634986
Pontón J, Ruchel R, Clemons KV, Coleman DC, Grillot R, Guarro J, Aldebert D, Ambroise Thomas P, Cano J, Carrillo-Muñoz AJ, Gené J, Pinel C, Stevens DA, Sullivan DJ. Emerging pathogens. Medical Mycology, 2000;38 (Suppl. 1):225-236. PMID: 11204149
Pontón J, Jones JM. Analysis of cell wall extracts of Candida albicans by SDS-polyacrilamide electrophoresis and Western blot techniques. Infection and Immunity 1986; 53: 565-572. PMID: 3527986
Pontón J, Jones JM. Identification of two germ tube specific cell wall antigens of Candida albicans. Infection and Immunity 1986; 54: 864-868. PMID: 2430889
Moragues MD, Omaetxebarria MJ, Elguezabal N, Sevilla MJ, Conti S, Polonelli L, Pontón J. A monoclonal antibody directed against a Candida albicans cell wall mannoprotein exerts three anti-C. albicans activities. Infection and Immunity 2003; 71:5273-5279. PMID: 12933874
Cassone A, De Bernardis F, Pontieri E, Caruba G, Girmenia C, Martino P, Fernández-Rodríguez M, Quindós G, Pontón J. Byotype diversity of Candida parapsilosis and its relationship to the clinical source and experimental pathogenicity. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1995; 171: 967-975. PMID: 7706826
Bikandi J, San Millán R, Moragues MD, Cebas G, Clarke M, Coleman DC, Sullivan DJ, Quindós G, Pontón J. Rapid identification of Candida dubliniensis by indirect immunofluorescence based on differential localization of antigens on C. dubliniensis blastospores and Candida albicans germ tubes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1998;36:2428-2433. PMID: 9705368
Quindós G, Carrillo-Muñoz AJ, Arévalo MP, Salgado J, Alonso-Vargas R, Rodrigo JM, Ruesga MT, Valverde A, Pemán J, Cantón E, Martín-Mazuelos E, Pontón J. In vitro susceptibility of Candida dubliniensis to current and new antifungal agents. Chemotherapy 2000;46:395-401. PMID: 11053905
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