Research Interests
Keywords: biocuration, clinical genetics, ClinGen
Courtney earned her PhD in Biomolecular Sciences from the University of Central Florida in 2007, followed by a postdoctoral fellowships in the laboratories of Drs. Manzoor Bhat (2008-2012) and Ben Philpot (2012-2016) at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Chapel Hill. She joined the laboratory of Dr. Jonathan Berg in 2016 as a Biocurator and now serves as the Director of the ClinGen-affiliated ´óÏó´«Ã½ Biocuration and Coordination Core, with oversight of training, progress, and development of clinical domain working groups and expert panels within ClinGen.
Courtney Thaxton CV
Publications
Courtney Thaxton in ´óÏó´«Ã½ Genetics News

May 9, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for March 30th – April 26th, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 25 papers during March 30th - April 26th 2025.

March 3, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for February 2nd – March 1st, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during February 2nd - March 1st 2025.

September 14, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for September 1st-14th, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 23 papers during September 1st - 14th, 2024.

September 1, 2024
Department of Genetics Publications for August 18th – 31st, 2024
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during August 18th - 31st 2024.

August 19, 2024
Dr. Courtney Thaxton Promoted to Associate Professor
Courtney Thaxton, PhD was promoted to Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2024.Â

November 5, 2023
Department of Genetics Publications for October 22nd – November 4th, 2023
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 9 papers during October 22nd - November 4th 2023.

January 22, 2023
Department of Genetics Publications for January 1st – 14th, 2023
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during January 1st – 14th, 2023.

June 6, 2022
Department of Genetics Publications May 22nd – June 4th, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during May 22nd – June 4th, 2022.

November 1, 2021
Department of Genetics Publications October 17th – 30th, 2021
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during October 17th – 30th 2021.

May 17, 2021
Department of Genetics Publications for May 2-15, 2021
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twelve papers during May 2-15, 2021.