Plant Science Expansion
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Overview of the Plant Science Expansion building at Michigan State University. Construction dates: May 2010 to December 2011.
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Plant Science Expansion
- 2. Anew building to accommodate growth of federally funded research in plant sciences.
- 3. Provide increased plant growth facilities
- 4. Provide increased use of computation in plant science research
- 5. Allow MSU to recruitand retain the worldâs best plant scientists to solve complex problems relatedto energy, food and health.
- 6. Located at the corner of Bogue St. and Wilson Rd.
- 7. It will connect to the Plant Biology Building and Plant and Soil Science Building.
- 8. A research home for faculty in⊠Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, DOE Plant Research Lab,Forestry, Horticulture, Plant Biology, Plant Pathology, andCrop & Soil Sciences.
- 9. This building will support faculty conducting the latest plant science research at MSU.
- 10. Research funding for plant science in the College of Natural Science alone has doubled to $12M/yr in the last 5 years.
- 11. This includes projects involving the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center ($50M), DOE Plant Research Lab ($4.5 M), NIH Grand Opportunity Grant for medicinal plants ($2.8M), and other NSF, NIH and DOE grants.
- 12. The building will have four floors and 40,000 square feet.
- 13. Three floors will be research laboratories with space for 15 research groups andâŠ
- 14. 144 graduate students, post-docs, technicians and undergraduates
- 15. The open lab design will maximize interaction, collaboration, and space utilization.
- 16. The basement provides MSU scientists a 30% increase in plant growth chambers.
- 17. Connections to the other buildings allows transportation of plants between growth chambers, labs and green houses without exposure to weather, disease, and insects.
- 18. The first floor provides an entrance to the horticulture gardens.
- 19. The first floor features a 225-seat lecture hall and interaction space.
- 20. Budget: $43MConstruction: May 2010 - December 2011
- 21. Architect/Engineers: SmithGroup, Detroit, Mich.Construction Managers: The Christman Company, Lansing, Mich.
- 22. College of Natural Science College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Michigan Agriculture Experiment Station