A graduate student works on her thesis project with lab manager Solon Morse (right) in the Coalesce BioArt Lab in Hochstetter Hall on the North Campus.

As part of a thesis project, DNA is to be extracted from this leaf.

Leaves that have been frozen with liquid nitrogen are crushed in order to extract their DNA.

Coalesce lab manager Solon Morse (left) oversees the project.

The student fills a test tube with crushed leaves.

The test tubes are ready to be processed. The goal is to obtain enough DNA from the leaves that it can be seen by the eye.