Kevin Monk

Neuroscience postdoc with @dlab_bu | formerly of @hushulab at @hopkinsneuro | he/him 🏳️‍🌈

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

Very excited to spread the word about my work in @HuShuLab published today: Reward Timing and Its Expression by Inhibitory Interneurons in the Mouse Primary Visual Cortex https://t.co/EPhR1hSKkn (1/2)

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

Great science by great people! 🔬🎉

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

Absolutely loving the stock photo @TheAtlantic chose for ranked choice voting. It is a #divine voting system, after all

[Optogenetics Gordon Research Conference @OptoGRC]

Despite our efforts to decrease exposure risk at this year’s meeting, we’ve become aware of several confirmed COVID-19 cases. We encourage all #OptoGRC2022 attendees to test and monitor for symptoms, and wish those affected a speedy recovery.

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

@sarah_stern @BiochemAndStuff Missed being there and so happy to hear everyone had a great time! Looking forward to all the #OptoGRC2022 tweets this week!

[Optogenetics Gordon Research Conference @OptoGRC]

Traveling to #OptoGRC2022 and have travel delays and need to coordinate ride sharing? Email @denisejcai at [email protected] to connect with other @OptoGRC travelers.

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

Highly, highly recommend working in the @HuShuLab! You will be hard-pressed to find an environment more suited to exploring fascinating scientific questions alongside thoughtful, rigorous, and collaborative colleagues in both the lab and within the department.

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

@AnubhutiGoel @HuShuLab @SAllard83 Thank you!!

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

Super excited to share the final parts of my PhD work with @HuShuLab and @SAllard83 where we looked at the effect that non-rewarding outcomes have on cue-evoked persistent neural activity in primary visual cortex:

https://t.co/7OlltPYu0K

Read on for a brief description (1/6)

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

@mphgardner @SAllard83 @HuShuLab Thank you, Matt!! Glad you liked!

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

All in all, the different conditioning strategies uniquely influence ongoing cortical activity. I'm super proud of the work we put in to collect and interpret these data and hope that you all read and enjoy! Big thanks to @HuShuLab and @SAllard83 and all labmates ! 🔬🎉 (6/6)

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

Also! V1 neurons expressed persistent activity before conditioning and the activity patterns are the same as those seen in previously-described reward timing activity. These results raise interesting questions about how cortical circuits produce persistent neural activity. (5/6)

[Dr. Aparna Shah 🧠 👩‍🔬 @Neuro_musings]

Excited to team up with a good friend & fellow 🧠👩‍🔬, @AbaldeLeire, to conduct a short (2 h) course on the #neuroscience of Parkinson's disease. The event is organized by @BUGSSlab, a non-profit org. based in Baltimore but is open to people all over the 🌍! #scicomm

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

@dpham20 @projbridge Thank you, Daniel!! And thank you for your leadership, encouragement, and advice every step of the way!!

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

@Kaiti_May @HopkinsMedicine @projbridge Thanks, Kaiti!!

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

Very honored and grateful to have received the David Rogers award from @HopkinsMedicine for my work with @projbridge! Thank you to all the wonderful collaborators and congratulations to my fellow #JHUSOM2020 graduates!!

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

@meilingrmay ❤️❤️❤️ thank you, Meiling! So happy to have done it all together :)

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

@mollyrgordon1 @HopkinsMedicine @projbridge Thank you, Molly!! I feel so fortunate to have to worked with you and see you do such amazing things!

[Kevin Monk @kjmonk]

@rhuganir Thank you, Rick!! None of the work would have been possible without your and @HopkinsNeuro’s support!