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University of Nebraska at Omaha Student Receives National Research Award
Adam S. Smith, psychobiology graduate student

The focus of Smith’s research is on the neurobiology of social behavior. He works with marmoset monkeys, squirrel-sized primates from Brazil. These monkeys are monogamous, and form long-term “pair-bonds” between adult males and females.

Smith is evaluating the role of the neurohormone oxytocin in regulating the establishment and maintenance of social pair bonds in marmosets. Smith’s research is conducted in UNO’s Callitrichid Research Center, a facility dedicated to the noninvasive study of marmoset and tamarin monkey breeding and social behavior.

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