Anew building to accommodate growth of federally funded research in plant sciences.

Plant Science Expansion

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1. 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 world’s 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 and…
    
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

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