The main task of Biocenter Oulu is to support high-level research at the University of Oulu and to provide research infrastructure services for the life sciences. Biocenter Oulu maintains and develops research infrastructure services and provides them with open access principles to support both academic and other customers in their research and R&D projects. These services are part of the nationally distributed Biocenter Finland and the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (EuroBioimaging, Infrafrontier and Instruct ERICs). Biocenter Oulu promotes networking of research groups, multidisciplinary approach, as well as cooperation with national and international partners. It organises scientific and collaborative meetings with relevant stakeholders in the field, supports doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and participates in developing doctoral training in collaboration with the University Oulu graduate school.
