Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology at California State University, East Bay

Hobbies

watch Premier League and NBA
play Call of Duty
play and watch professionals play Mafia

Publications associated with the lab:

1. Berton RR*, M Heidarian*, SK Kannan*, M Shah, NS Butler, JT Harty, and VP Badovinac. Accurate enumeration of pathogen-specific and virtual memory CD8 T cells after infection. J Immunol in press (2025)
2. Madison RM, van de Wall S, M Heidarian, EA Escue, CE Fain, LL Pewe, LS Hancox, SA Arumugam, CM Sievers, VP Badovinac*, and JT Harty*. Repetitive antigen stimulation in the periphery dictates the composition and recall responses of brain-resident memory CD8 T cells. Cell Rep 44: 115247(2025)[PubMed]
3. Kannan SK*, CY Kim*, M Heidarian, RR Berton, IJ Jensen, TS Griffith*, and VP Badovinac*. Mouse models of sepsis. Curr Protoc 4, e997 (2024) [PubMed]
4. Hassert M, LL Pewe, R He, M Heidarian, P Phruttiwanichakun, S Van de Wall, MR Mix, AK Salem, VP Badovinac*, and JT Harty*. Regenerating CD8+ lung tissue resident memory T cells after targeted radiation exposure. J Exp Med 221: e20231144 (2024) [PubMed]
5. Barrios EL, MB Mazer, P McGonagill, CB Bergmann, MD Goodman, RW Gould, M Rao, V Polcz, R Davis, D Del Toro, M Dirain, A Dram, L Hale, M Heidarian, CY Kim, TA Kucaba, JP Lanz, A McCray, S Meszaros, S Miles, C Nelson, I Rocha, EE Silva, R Ungaro, A Walton, J Xue, L Zeumer-Spataro, AM Drewry, M Liang, LE Bible, T Loftus, I Turnbull, PA Efron, KE Remy, S Brakenridge, VP Badovinac, TS Griffith, LL Moldawer, RS Hotchkiss and CC Caldwell. Adverse long-term outcomes and an immune suppressed endotype in sepsis patients with reduced interferon-g ELISpot: A multicenter, prospective observational study.  JCI Insight 9: e175785 (2024) [PubMed]
6. Heidarian M, IJ Jensen, SK Kannan, LL Pewe, M Hassert, S Park, HH Xue, JT Harty*, and VP Badovinac*.  Sublethal whole-body irradiation induces permanent loss and dysfunction in pathogen-specific circulating memory CD8 T cell populations.  PNAS 120: e2302785120 (2023) [PubMed]
7. Heidarian M, TS Griffith, and VP Badovinac.  Sepsis-induced changes in differentiation, maintenance, and function of memory CD8 T cell subsets.  Front Immunol 14: 1130009 (2023) [PubMed]