Nicholas Scott Heaton
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
- Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
- Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Contact Information
- Email Address: nicholas.heaton@duke.edu
Education
- Ph.D. The University of Chicago, 2012
Courses Taught
- MGM 593: Research Independent Study
- MGM 701: Foundations of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
In the News
- School of Medicine Researchers Honored for Study of the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (May 25, 2021 | School of Medicine)
- Estrogen Receptors in Mom’s Placenta Critical During Viral Infection (Jan 21, 2021)
- Sniffing Out COVID-Related Loss of Smell (Jan 11, 2021 | Duke Health News)
- Scent-Sensing Cells Have a Better Way to Fight Flu (Sep 1, 2020)
- Lung Cell Patches Its Own DNA on the Fly to Survive Influenza (Jul 29, 2019)
- Microbiology Society Recognizes Two Duke Researchers (Sep 6, 2018)
- New Vaccine Production Could Improve Flu Shot Accuracy (Jul 24, 2017)
Representative Publications
- Hamele, CE; Russell, AB; Heaton, NS, In Vivo Profiling of Individual Multiciliated Cells during Acute Influenza A Virus Infection., J Virol, vol 96 no. 14 (2022) [10.1128/jvi.00505-22] [abs].
- Chaparian, RR; Harding, AT; Hamele, CE; Riebe, K; Karlsson, A; Sempowski, GD; Heaton, NS; Heaton, BE, A Virion-Based Combination Vaccine Protects against Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 Disease in Mice., J Virol (2022) [10.1128/jvi.00689-22] [abs].
- Froggatt, HM; Heaton, NS, Nonrespiratory sites of influenza-associated disease: mechanisms and experimental systems for continued study., Febs J, vol 289 no. 14 (2022), pp. 4038-4060 [10.1111/febs.16363] [abs].
- Trimarco, JD; Heaton, NS, From high-throughput to therapeutic: host-directed interventions against influenza viruses., Curr Opin Virol, vol 53 (2022) [10.1016/j.coviro.2021.12.014] [abs].
- Harding, AT; Heaton, NS, The Impact of Estrogens and Their Receptors on Immunity and Inflammation during Infection., Cancers, vol 14 no. 4 (2022) [10.3390/cancers14040909] [abs].