# User Group Directory

A PlanktoScope User Group is a place where you can go to hang out to learn about and use PlanktoScope. Typically this includes physical in-person meetups that happen regularly.

## Locations

### Germany

#### Curious Community Labs e. V.

|                 |                                                                                                                                                            |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Location**    | Hamburg                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Description** | The CCL is a self-organized and open biolab. It aims to provide infrastructure for do-it-yourself enthusiasts and a meeting place for tech and bio lovers. |
| **Website**     | [curious.bio](https://curious.bio)                                                                                                                         |
| **Contacts**    | [Sebastian Wendel](https://matrix.to/#/@swendel:curious.bio)                                                                                               |
| **Chat**        | [#planktoscope:curious.bio](https://matrix.to/#/#planktoscope:curious.bio)                                                                                 |
| **Activities**  | Organizing Workshops and realizing projects for Citizen-Science and Open-Hardware. Using the PlanktoScope for the analysis of biodiversity in peatlands.   |
| **Hardware**    | We have 12 devices. If you need one for a research project, ask us, we will be happy to lend you one.                                                      |
| **Meetups**     | Every tuesday from 18:30, feel free to come by!                                                                                                            |

## Add your place to this list

To add your place to the user group directory, you will need to edit [this file](https://code.curious.bio/curious.bio/planktoscope/src/docs/community/usergroups.md) by following a git pull request workflow outlined at [Github Workflow](/contribute/github_workflow/).