{"id":4057,"date":"2013-11-08T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/aaron-hobbs-receives-phd\/"},"modified":"2018-08-01T10:26:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T14:26:41","slug":"aaron-hobbs-receives-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/aaron-hobbs-receives-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad Student Aaron Hobbs receives his PhD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"lead\">Aaron successfully defended his thesis and received his PhD on October 25, 2013.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium size-full wp-image-4058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/aaron-hobbs-receives-phd-image2.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"image2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/aaron-hobbs-receives-phd-image2.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/aaron-hobbs-receives-phd-image2-150x101.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Richard and Jil Proctor (parents)<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Aaron Hobbs, under the direction of <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/campbell\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><span class=\"external-link\"\/><span class=\"external-link\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); \"><span class=\"external-link\"><span class=\"external-link\">Dr. Sharon Campbell<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, successfully defended his thesis and received his Ph.D. on October 25, 2013!  The title of his thesis is <em>\u201c<em><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); \">Regulation of Ras and Rho GTPases by Post-Translational Modification:  Cysteine Oxidation and Ubiquitinatio<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); \">n<\/span><\/em>\u201c.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Members of Aarons\u2019s family who attended included:  His parents, Richard and Jil Proctor, his girlfriend Heather Gough, his father Chris Gough, and his brother, Josh Gough.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron will continue working in the Campbell lab and continue a collaboration with Coferon, a small startup based out of New York. After he will pursue either a position in a startup as well.or consider  post-doctoral research.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/DSC_0029-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Hobbs and Heather Gough\" title=\"Aaron Hobbs and Heather Gough\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/DSC_0029-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/DSC_0029-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/DSC_0029-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/DSC_0029-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/DSC_0029-765x512.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p 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