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 SBML Solver
 ===========
 
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/sbmlsolver/Lobby](https://badges.gitter.im/sbmlsolver/Lobby.svg)](https://gitter.im/sbmlsolver/Lobby?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
 
 Copyright 2018