EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master of Arts, Emphasis in Glass - 2008 M.F.A. Art

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master of Arts, Emphasis in Glass - 2007 M.A. Art

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. in Biochemistry - 2002 Ph.D.
Biochemistry Dissertation: “The Isolation and Characterization of the Flowering Locus FPA”

Drake University, Des Moines IA
B.S. Biology - 1994 B.S. Biology

Drake University, Des Moines IA
B.S. Chemistry - 1994 B.S. Chemistry Minor: Biochemisrtry

SHOWS

Solo Exhibitions

• Convergent Evolution, Inferno, WI 2008
• From a Drop, Inferno, WI 2007
• Works of Selection: Evolution in Glass, MA Exhibition, Inferno, WI 2007
• Cellular, Seventh Floor Gallery, UW-Madison 2006
• The Nature of Things, House of Sin , Madison WI, 2005
• Fused Ink, Mitchell Theater, 2003-2004

Group Exhibitions

• Kaleidoscope Gallery, Mt. Horeb WI, 2007
• SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago IL, 2007
• Third-Year Review, Seventh Floor Gallery, UW-Madison 2007
• Second Year Review, Seventh Floor Gallery, UW-Madison 2006
• First Base, Seventh Floor Gallery, UW-Madison 2005
• Maple Bluff Country Club Exhibit, WI 2005
• Outdoor Light Exhibit, Madison, WI 2004
• Snakes and Snatches, One-Ten Gallery Madison WI, 2004
• Glass in the Garden, Pamdemonium Studios, 2004
• Art and Science: Both Hemispheres, Biochemistry, Madison WI, 2002
• Neon Light Show, Memorial Mall, Madison, WI, 2001

PUBLICATIONS

• Domagalska MA, Schomburg FM, Amasino RM, Vierstra RD, Nagy F, Davis SJ. Attenuation of brassinosteroid signaling enhances FLC expression and delays flowering. Development. 2007 Aug;134(15):2841-50. Epub 2007 Jul 4.
• Michaels SD, Himelblau E, Kim SY, Schomburg FM, Amasino RM. Integration of flowering signals in winter-annual Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 2005 Jan;137(1):149-56. Epub 2004 Dec 23.
• Bezerra IC, Michaels SD, Schomburg FM, Amasino RM. Lesions in the mRNA cap-binding gene ABA HYPERSENSITIVE 1 suppress FRIGIDA- mediated delayed flowering in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 2004 Oct;40(1):112-9.
• Noh YS, Bizzell CM, Noh B, Schomburg FM, Amasino RM. EARLY FLOWERING 5 acts as a floral repressor in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 2004 May;38(4):664-72.
• Schomburg FM, Bizzell CM, Lee DJ, Zeevaart JA, Amasino RM. Overexpression of a novel class of gibberellin 2-oxidases decreases gibberellin levels and creates dwarf plants. Plant Cell. 2003 Jan;15(1):151-63.
• Schomburg FM, Patton DA, Meinke DW, Amasino RM. FPA, a gene involved in floral induction in Arabidopsis, encodes a protein containing RNA-recognition motifs. Plant Cell. 2001 Jun;13(6):1427-36.

PATENTS

• Floral induction gene #7,199,282
• Dominant gene delaying flowering #7,129,396
• Dwarfism genes and dwarf plants #6,921,849
• Alteration of flowering time in plants #6,693,228
• Alteration of flowering time in plants #7,303,918