Visiting the IGBB

The IGBB occupies two buildings. The business office, the director's office, and the supercomputer facility are located in the Malcolm A. Portera HPC Center in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology, and Economic Development Park adjacent to the MS State campus. The IGBB Laboratories and offices for IGBB scientific staff are found in the Pace Building on the MS State campus.

Physical Address
IGBB
Portera HPC Center
2 Research Boulevard
Starkville, MS 39759

Mailing Address
IGBB
Portera HPC Center
Box 9627
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9627

Phone/Fax
Phone: 662-325-8278
Fax: 662-325-7692

Director's Address
Dr. Peterson's physical and mailing addresses are as listed above.

His office in the Portera HPC Center is A131.

Phone: 662-325-2747
E-mail: dp127@msstate.edu

Physical Address
IGBB
Pace Seed Technology Building
650 Stone Blvd.
P.O. Box 6040, Mailstop 9758
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Visitor Information

If you would like to visit the IGBB, please give us a call or send us a message (see Contact Us) so that we can help you get the most out of your visit.

Starkville

The IGBB is a vital part of Mississippi State University which is located in the beautiful "college town" of Starkville. Starkville is a three hour drive from Memphis, TN and roughly 2.5 hours from Jackson, MS and Birmingham, AL.

To learn more about Starkville, visit the Greater Starkville Development Partnership.

Traveling to Mississippi State/Starkville

The nearest airport to Starkville/Mississippi State is the Golden Triangle Regional Airport near Columbus, MS. The Golden Triangle Regional Airport's three letter airport code is "GTR." The GTR Airport is approximately 10 miles from the Mississippi State University campus. GTR has several direct flights from/to Atlanta (ATL) each day. Rental cars are available at the GTR airport from Avis, Hertz, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Taxi and limousine services are also available.

The table below provides distance, drive time, and airport information for some of the larger towns & cities "near" Starkville.

Destination

Population

Distance from Starkville

Drive time

Local Commercial Airport

Starkville, Mississippi

25,570

n/a

Golden Triangle Regional, GTR

Memphis, Tennessee

1,317,314*