Shields Lab / Join the lab
Work in the lab
Undergraduate, master’s and pre-college students have run projects here, and many are co-authors on the lab’s papers.
Students have presented their projects at ABRCMS, SICB, the Entomological Society of America, USM LSAMP, NCUR and the Society for Neuroscience.
What students learn
- Insect rearing, and handling insects for behavior trials
- How to set up a dose series with solvent controls and replicate tubes
- Two-choice repellency, knockdown, bottle-entry and feeding assays
- RD50s, t-tests and ANOVA
- Keeping a notebook someone else can follow
- Writing an abstract and presenting at a meeting
How to ask about openings
Email Dr. Shields at vshields@towson.edu. Include your major and year, the projects that interest you, and how many hours a week you can give (or whether you want full-time summer work).