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Professor Oak's Laboratory, also called the Oak Pokémon Research Laboratory, is a Pokémon lab located in Pallet Town that is directed by Professor Samuel Oak and, in the anime, his assistant Tracey Sketchit. Its functions are to research Pokémon, unravel the mysteries of these creatures, and study their characteristics and behavior in a natural environment. Another important job is to take care of the Pokémon that belong to Pallet Town's trainers.

The lab has many different environments for the correct development of all kinds of Pokémon. They are areas of grass, sand, rocks and lakes to promote good interaction between the different types of creatures. The laboratory has the technology to keep Pokémon healthy, and to make the largest scientific investigations in the country.

Current events

From Bulbanews:

November 21: 156th Diamond & Pearl episode title revealed
November 19: 'HeartGold & SoulSilver' to be first TCG expansion of 2010
November 18: Nintendo of Europe announces European Pokémon Rumble release date
November 18: Chuang Yi releases 31st volume of Pokémon Adventures
November 12: Preview clip reveals events for future episodes
November 10: December 2009's second episode to feature Hikari's double battle
November 7: Pokémon.com updates with movie information
November 6: TV Tokyo reveals first episode for December 2009
November 5: The Speed Gamers to do second Pokémon marathon this December
November 2: Bulbapedia will be down for maintenance starting Nov. 5

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Message from the Editor

November 16

Bulbapedia is, as you know, a community project. However, every community has its leaders, and a number of positions have become available.

Active contributors to articles under the Project Games scope are invited to apply for the position of Project Leader. A wide knowledge of all Pokémon games is required, especially regarding the oft-neglected side games. One or more users may be selected (as co-Leaders). If you are interested, see the talk page for details.

Bulbanews is also hiring. A range of positions have become available overseeing various sections of the site including (but not limited to) anime, games, TCG and miscellaneous/other. These "section editors" will be directly answerable to Bulbanews's Editor-in-Chief (currently Argy) and will govern over their selected fields. If you feel you have something to offer, see this forum thread.

If you don't think you're ready for a leadership role, that's fine. Bulbapedia and Bulbanews's writers are just as important. Don't forget we have a huge number of incomplete and low-quality pages: do your best to help complete our Pokémon encyclopedia!