Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of Chicago 2012
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • SEP 6, 2018

    Microbiology Society Recognizes Two Duke Researchers

  • JUL 24, 2017

    New Vaccine Production Could Improve Flu Shot Accuracy
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Loss of cellular identity after influenza virus infection and effects on pulmonary function awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
  • The pathogenic effects of epithelial cells surviving direct influenza virus infection awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2023
  • Targeting virally induced inflammation to prevent the development of asthma awarded by Hartwell Foundation 2018 - 2021
  • Antigenically stabilized H3N2 vaccines that avoid egg adaption awarded by University of Rochester Medical Center 2018 - 2020
  • Hemagglutinin proteins with non-immunogenic head domains as a universal influenza virus vaccine awarded by University of Rochester Medical Center 2018 - 2020
  • Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health 1979 - 2020
  • Organization and Function of Cellular Structure awarded by National Institutes of Health 1975 - 2020
  • The effects of cells that survive direct influenza A virus infection on lung repair awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
  • Effect of m6A editing of RNA on influenza A virus replication awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2018
  • Survival of influenza A virus infected cells and effects on pathogenesis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Dumm, Rebekah E., Jessica K. Fiege, Barbara M. Waring, Chay T. Kuo, Ryan A. Langlois, and Nicholas S. Heaton. “Non-lytic clearance of influenza B virus from infected cells preserves epithelial barrier function..” Nature Communications 10, no. 1 (February 15, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08617-z.
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    • Fulton, Benjamin O., Weina Sun, Nicholas S. Heaton, and Peter Palese. “The Influenza B Virus Hemagglutinin Head Domain Is Less Tolerant to Transposon Mutagenesis than That of the Influenza A Virus..” Journal of Virology 92, no. 16 (August 2018). https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00754-18.
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    • Harding, Alfred T., and Nicholas S. Heaton. “Efforts to Improve the Seasonal Influenza Vaccine..” Vaccines 6, no. 2 (March 30, 2018). https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines6020019.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., and Bryan R. Cullen. “INFECTION Viruses hijack a long non-coding RNA.” Nature 552, no. 7684 (December 14, 2017): 184–85.
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    • Courtney, David G., Edward M. Kennedy, Rebekah E. Dumm, Hal P. Bogerd, Kevin Tsai, Nicholas S. Heaton, and Bryan R. Cullen. “Epitranscriptomic Enhancement of Influenza A Virus Gene Expression and Replication..” Cell Host Microbe 22, no. 3 (September 13, 2017): 377-386.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2017.08.004.
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    • Heaton, Brook E., Edward M. Kennedy, Rebekah E. Dumm, Alfred T. Harding, Matthew T. Sacco, David Sachs, and Nicholas S. Heaton. “A CRISPR Activation Screen Identifies a Pan-avian Influenza Virus Inhibitory Host Factor..” Cell Reports 20, no. 7 (August 2017): 1503–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.07.060.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S. “Revisiting the concept of a cytopathic viral infection..” Plos Pathogens 13, no. 7 (July 20, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006409.
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    • Harding, Alfred T., Brook E. Heaton, Rebekah E. Dumm, and Nicholas S. Heaton. “Rationally Designed Influenza Virus Vaccines That Are Antigenically Stable during Growth in Eggs..” Mbio 8, no. 3 (June 6, 2017). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00669-17.
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    • Hamilton, Jennifer R., David Sachs, Jean K. Lim, Ryan A. Langlois, Peter Palese, and Nicholas S. Heaton. “Club cells surviving influenza A virus infection induce temporary nonspecific antiviral immunity..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113, no. 14 (April 2016): 3861–66. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1522376113.
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    • Heaton, N. S., N. Moshkina, R. Fenouil, T. J. Gardner, S. Aguirre, P. S. Shah, N. Zhao, et al. “Corrections to Targeting Viral Proteostasis Limits Influenza Virus, HIV, and Dengue Virus Infection. (Immunity 44, 46-58, January 19, 2016)..” Immunity 44, no. 2 (February 16, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2016.01.016.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., Natasha Moshkina, Romain Fenouil, Thomas J. Gardner, Sebastian Aguirre, Priya S. Shah, Nan Zhao, et al. “Targeting Viral Proteostasis Limits Influenza Virus, HIV, and Dengue Virus Infection..” Immunity 44, no. 1 (January 2016): 46–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2015.12.017.
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    • Fulton, Benjamin O., Peter Palese, and Nicholas S. Heaton. “Replication-Competent Influenza B Reporter Viruses as Tools for Screening Antivirals and Antibodies..” Journal of Virology 89, no. 23 (December 2015): 12226–31. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02164-15.
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    • Fulton, Benjamin O., David Sachs, Shannon M. Beaty, Sohui T. Won, Benhur Lee, Peter Palese, and Nicholas S. Heaton. “Mutational Analysis of Measles Virus Suggests Constraints on Antigenic Variation of the Glycoproteins..” Cell Reports 11, no. 9 (June 2015): 1331–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.04.054.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., Ryan A. Langlois, David Sachs, Jean K. Lim, Peter Palese, and Benjamin R. tenOever. “Long-term survival of influenza virus infected club cells drives immunopathology..” The Journal of Experimental Medicine 211, no. 9 (August 18, 2014): 1707–14. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20140488.
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    • Dolan, Patrick T., Chaoying Zhang, Sudip Khadka, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, Abbey D. Vangeloff, Nicholas S. Heaton, Sudhir Sahasrabudhe, Glenn Randall, Ren Sun, and Douglas J. LaCount. “Identification and comparative analysis of hepatitis C virus-host cell protein interactions..” Molecular Biosystems 9, no. 12 (December 2013): 3199–3209. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3mb70343f.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., David Sachs, Chi-Jene Chen, Rong Hai, and Peter Palese. “Genome-wide mutagenesis of influenza virus reveals unique plasticity of the hemagglutinin and NS1 proteins..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110, no. 50 (December 2013): 20248–53. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320524110.
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    • Margine, I., F. Krammer, R. Hai, N. S. Heaton, G. S. Tan, S. A. Andrews, J. A. Runstadler, et al. “Hemagglutinin stalk-based universal vaccine constructs protect against group 2 influenza A viruses..” Journal of Virology 87, no. 19 (October 2013): 10435–46. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01715-13.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., Victor H. Leyva-Grado, Gene S. Tan, Dirk Eggink, Rong Hai, and Peter Palese. “In vivo bioluminescent imaging of influenza a virus infection and characterization of novel cross-protective monoclonal antibodies..” Journal of Virology 87, no. 15 (August 2013): 8272–81. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00969-13.
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    • Chou, Yi-ying, Nicholas S. Heaton, Qinshan Gao, Peter Palese, Robert H. Singer, and Timothée Lionnet. “Colocalization of different influenza viral RNA segments in the cytoplasm before viral budding as shown by single-molecule sensitivity FISH analysis..” Plos Pathogens 9, no. 5 (January 2013). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003358.
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    • Chukkapalli, Vineela, Nicholas S. Heaton, and Glenn Randall. “Lipids at the interface of virus-host interactions..” Current Opinion in Microbiology 15, no. 4 (August 2012): 512–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2012.05.013.
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    • Coller, Kelly E., Nicholas S. Heaton, Kristi L. Berger, Jacob D. Cooper, Jessica L. Saunders, and Glenn Randall. “Molecular determinants and dynamics of hepatitis C virus secretion..” Plos Pathogens 8, no. 1 (January 5, 2012). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002466.
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    • Khadka, S., A. D. Vangeloff, C. Zhang, P. Siddavatam, N. S. Heaton, L. Wang, R. Sengupta, et al. “A physical interaction network of dengue virus and human proteins.” Molecular and Cellular Proteomics 10, no. 12 (December 1, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.M111.012187.
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    • Khadka, Sudip, Abbey D. Vangeloff, Chaoying Zhang, Prasad Siddavatam, Nicholas S. Heaton, Ling Wang, Ranjan Sengupta, et al. “A physical interaction network of dengue virus and human proteins..” Molecular & Cellular Proteomics : Mcp 10, no. 12 (December 2011). https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.M111.012187.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., and Glenn Randall. “Dengue virus and autophagy..” Viruses 3, no. 8 (August 4, 2011): 1332–41. https://doi.org/10.3390/v3081332.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., and Glenn Randall. “Multifaceted roles for lipids in viral infection..” Trends in Microbiology 19, no. 7 (July 2011): 368–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2011.03.007.
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    • Khadka, S., A. D. Vangeloff, C. Zhang, P. Siddavatam, N. S. Heaton, L. Wang, R. Sengupta, et al. “A physical interaction network of dengue virus and human proteins..” Molecular & Cellular Proteomics : Mcp 10, no. 12 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.M111.012187.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., and Glenn Randall. “Dengue virus-induced autophagy regulates lipid metabolism..” Cell Host & Microbe 8, no. 5 (November 2010): 422–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2010.10.006.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., Rushika Perera, Kristi L. Berger, Sudip Khadka, Douglas J. Lacount, Richard J. Kuhn, and Glenn Randall. “Dengue virus nonstructural protein 3 redistributes fatty acid synthase to sites of viral replication and increases cellular fatty acid synthesis..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, no. 40 (October 2010): 17345–50. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1010811107.
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    • Coller, Kelly E., Kristi L. Berger, Nicholas S. Heaton, Jacob D. Cooper, Rosa Yoon, and Glenn Randall. “RNA interference and single particle tracking analysis of hepatitis C virus endocytosis..” Plos Pathogens 5, no. 12 (December 24, 2009). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000702.
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    • Berger, Kristi L., Jacob D. Cooper, Nicholas S. Heaton, Rosa Yoon, Todd E. Oakland, Tristan X. Jordan, Guaniri Mateu, Arash Grakoui, and Glenn Randall. “Roles for endocytic trafficking and phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase III alpha in hepatitis C virus replication..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, no. 18 (May 2009): 7577–82. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902693106.
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    • Heaton, Nicholas S., Randal A. Wolff, Rita L. Malinowski, Debra A. Hullett, and John R. Hoch. “Antisense to transforming growth factor-beta(1) facilitates the apoptosis of macrophages in rat vein grafts..” Journal of Vascular Research 45, no. 5 (January 2008): 365–74. https://doi.org/10.1159/000121406.
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    • Wolff, Randal A., Rita L. Malinowski, Nicholas S. Heaton, Debra A. Hullett, and John R. Hoch. “Transforming growth factor-beta1 antisense treatment of rat vein grafts reduces the accumulation of collagen and increases the accumulation of h-caldesmon..” Journal of Vascular Surgery 43, no. 5 (May 2006): 1028–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2006.01.016.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • MGM 593: Research Independent Study 2019
  • MGM 701: Foundations of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology 2019

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