Jason K. Pontrello

Title

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Chemistry

Expertise

Organic chemistry, chemical biology and chemical education.

Degrees

University of Wisconsin, Ph.D.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.S.

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Contact

Email:	pontrell@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-2545
Office:	Carl J. Shapiro Science Center, 00-08B

Courses Taught

CBIO	101a	Chemical Biology
CHEM	11a	General Chemistry I
CHEM	11b	General Chemistry II
CHEM	15b	Honors General Chemistry II
CHEM	18a	General Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM	18b	General Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM	19b	Honors General Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM	25a	Organic Chemistry, Lectures
CHEM	25b	Organic Chemistry, Lectures
CHEM	29a	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM	29b	Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
EL	94a	Experiential Learning Practicum
FYS	35a	Topics in Drug Discovery and Development

Scholarship

Courtney, A. H.; Puffer, E. B.; Pontrello, J. K.; Yang, Z.-Q.; Kiessling, L. L.. "Sialylated multivalent antigens engage CD22 in trans and inhibit B Cell activation." Proceedings of the National Acacdemy of Sciences, USA 106. 8 (2009): 2500-2505.

Kolonko, E. M.; Pontrello, J. K.; Mangold, S. L.; Kiessling, L. L.. "General Synthetic Route to Cell-Permeable Block Copolymers via ROMP." Journal of the American Chemical Society 131. 21 (2009): 7327-7333.

Pontrello, Jason K.. "Activating B Cell Signaling with Defined Multivalent Ligands." ACS Chemical Biology 2. 4 (2007): 252-262.

Pontrello, J. K.; Allen, M. J.; Underbakke, E. S.; Kiessling, L. L.. "Solid Phase Synthesis of Polymers Using the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization." Journal of the American Chemical Society 127. 42 (2005): 14536-14537.

Pontrello, Jason K.. New Strategies for Multivalent Ligand Synthesis. Diss. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison: 2005.

Pontrello, Jason K.Booth, R. J.; Lee, H. T.; Pontrello, J. K.; Ramharack, R. R.; Roth, B. D.. Amide inhibitors of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein.. Patent 6,780,883. August 24, 2004.

Justus, S. E. A.; Lee, H. T.; Pontrello, J. K.; Roth, B. D.; Sexton, K. E.; Wilson, M. W.. Preparation of thiazolidinones as chemokine inhibitors for treating/preventing AIDS infection.. Patent 6,506,751. Jan 14, 2003.

Kiessling, L. L.; Pontrello, J. K.; Schuster, M. C.. "Synthetic multivalent carbohydrate ligands as effectors or inhibitors of biological processes." Carbohydrate-Based Drug Discovery 2. (2003): 575-608.

Pontrello, Jason K.. "Inhibitors of lipoprotein(a) assembly." Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 11. 22 (2003): 4827-4845.

Yang, Z. Q.; Puffer, E. B.; Pontrello, J. K.; Kiessling, L. L.. "Synthesis of a multivalent display of a CD22-binding trisaccharide." Carbohydrate Research 337. 18 (2002): 1605-1613.

Coppola, B. P.; Daniels, D. S.; Pontrello, J. K.. "Using Structured Study Groups to Create Chemistry Honors Sections.." Student Assisted Teaching and Learning.. Ed. Miller, J.; Groccia, J. E.; DiBiasio, D.. New York: Anker, 2001. 116-122.