Nicholas Scott Heaton

Nicholas Scott Heaton

Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • Associate Professor of Cell Biology
  • Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
  • Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute

Contact Information

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

Representative Publications

  • Goodrum, F; Lowen, AC; Lakdawala, S; Alwine, J; Casadevall, A; Imperiale, MJ; Atwood, W; Avgousti, D; Baines, J; Banfield, B; Banks, L; Bhaduri-McIntosh, S; Bhattacharya, D; Blanco-Melo, D; Bloom, D; Boon, A; Boulant, S; Brandt, C; Broadbent, A; Brooke, C; Cameron, C; Campos, S; Caposio, P; Chan, G; Cliffe, A; Coffin, J; Collins, K; Damania, B; Daugherty, M; Debbink, K; DeCaprio, J; Dermody, T; Dikeakos, J; DiMaio, D; Dinglasan, R; Duprex, WP; Dutch, R; Elde, N; Emerman, M; Enquist, L; Fane, B; Fernandez-Sesma, A; Flenniken, M; Frappier, L; Frieman, M; Frueh, K; Gack, M; Gaglia, M; Gallagher, T; Galloway, D; García-Sastre, A; Geballe, A; Glaunsinger, B; Goff, S; Greninger, A; Hancock, M; Harris, E; Heaton, N; Heise, M; Heldwein, E; Hogue, B; Horner, S; Hutchinson, E; Hyser, J; Jackson, W; Kalejta, R; Kamil, J; Karst, S; Kirchhoff, F; Knipe, D; Kowalik, T; Lagunoff, M; Laimins, L; Langlois, R; Lauring, A; Lee, B; Leib, D; Liu, S-L; Longnecker, R; Lopez, C; Luftig, M; Lund, J; Manicassamy, B; McFadden, G; McIntosh, M; Mehle, A; Miller, WA; Mohr, I; Moody, C; Moorman, N; Moscona, A; Mounce, B; Munger, J; Münger, K; Murphy, E; Naghavi, M; Nelson, J; Neufeldt, C; Nikolich, J; O'Connor, C; Ono, A; Orenstein, W; Ornelles, D; Ou, J-H; Parker, J; Parrish, C; Pekosz, A; Pellett, P; Pfeiffer, J; Plemper, R; Polyak, S; Purdy, J; Pyeon, D; Quinones-Mateu, M; Renne, R; Rice, C; Schoggins, J; Roller, R; Russell, C; Sandri-Goldin, R; Sapp, M; Schang, L; Schmid, S; Schultz-Cherry, S; Semler, B; Shenk, T; Silvestri, G; Simon, V; Smith, G; Smith, J; Spindler, K; Stanifer, M; Subbarao, K; Sundquist, W; Suthar, M; Sutton, T; Tai, A; Tarakanova, V; tenOever, B; Tibbetts, S; Tompkins, S; Toth, Z; van Doorslaer, K; Vignuzzi, M; Wallace, N; Walsh, D; Weekes, M; Weinberg, J; Weitzman, M; Weller, S; Whelan, S; White, E; Williams, B; Wobus, C; Wong, S; Yurochko, A, Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse., Mbio, vol 14 no. 1 (2023) [10.1128/mbio.00188-23] [abs].
  • Schott, BH; Wang, L; Zhu, X; Harding, AT; Ko, ER; Bourgeois, JS; Washington, EJ; Burke, TW; Anderson, J; Bergstrom, E; Gardener, Z; Paterson, S; Brennan, RG; Chiu, C; McClain, MT; Woods, CW; Gregory, SG; Heaton, NS; Ko, DC, Single-cell genome-wide association reveals that a nonsynonymous variant in ERAP1 confers increased susceptibility to influenza virus., Cell Genom, vol 2 no. 11 (2022) [10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100207] [abs].
  • Trimarco, JD; Nelson, SL; Chaparian, RR; Wells, AI; Murray, NB; Azadi, P; Coyne, CB; Heaton, NS, Cellular glycan modification by B3GAT1 broadly restricts influenza virus infection., Nature Communications, vol 13 no. 1 (2022) [10.1038/s41467-022-34111-0] [abs].
  • Zhu, X; Trimarco, JD; Williams, CA; Barrera, A; Reddy, TE; Heaton, NS, ZBTB7A promotes virus-host homeostasis during human coronavirus 229E infection., Cell Reports, vol 41 no. 4 (2022) [10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111540] [abs].
  • Yaron, TM; Heaton, BE; Levy, TM; Johnson, JL; Jordan, TX; Cohen, BM; Kerelsky, A; Lin, T-Y; Liberatore, KM; Bulaon, DK; Van Nest, SJ; Koundouros, N; Kastenhuber, ER; Mercadante, MN; Shobana-Ganesh, K; He, L; Schwartz, RE; Chen, S; Weinstein, H; Elemento, O; Piskounova, E; Nilsson-Payant, BE; Lee, G; Trimarco, JD; Burke, KN; Hamele, CE; Chaparian, RR; Harding, AT; Tata, A; Zhu, X; Tata, PR; Smith, CM; Possemato, AP; Tkachev, SL; Hornbeck, PV; Beausoleil, SA; Anand, SK; Aguet, F; Getz, G; Davidson, AD; Heesom, K; Kavanagh-Williamson, M; Matthews, DA; tenOever, BR; Cantley, LC; Blenis, J; Heaton, NS, Host protein kinases required for SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid phosphorylation and viral replication., Sci Signal, vol 15 no. 757 (2022) [10.1126/scisignal.abm0808] [abs].