Located on Michigan State University's spectacular campus, the 115,000-square-foot building has laboratory and other experimental facilities for researchers with expertise in toxicology, carcinogenesis, pathology, analytical chemistry, microbiology, epidemiology and the social sciences. In addition, the three-story center is the location of outreach and education programs, seminars and workshops.

The building, which is bordered by renowned MSU Horticultural Demonstration Gardens and a natural wetlands area, provides state-of-the-art laboratory space to faculty researchers from a broad spectrum of disciplines, ranging from toxicology and microbiology to horticulture and pediatrics to communication arts and social science. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Michigan State University, and the MSU Foundation funded the $24.2 million building, which was completed early in 1998.