Luminex Corporation to Present at 2006 Lehman Brothers Conference

AUSTIN, Texas, March 1  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ:LMNX) today announced that management will present at the Ninth Annual Lehman Brothers Global Healthcare Conference to be held March 7-9, 2006, in Miami, Florida.

The investor presentation by Patrick J. Balthrop, chief executive officer, and Harriss T. Currie, chief financial officer, will begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, March 9, 2006. The presentation will be webcast live and may be accessed at Luminex Corporation's website at http://www.luminexcorp.com/. Simply log on to the web at the address above, go to the Company section and access the Investor Relations link. Please go to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the event to register, download and install any necessary audio/video software. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the presentation will be archived for one year on the website using the 'replay' link.

The use of pop-up blocking software may impair your ability to view webcasts. If you use this software, press and hold the CTRL key when you click on the Register button. Please contact your IT group if you are unable to override this feature. Unauthorized recording or downloading of this event is not permitted.

Luminex Corporation develops, manufactures and markets proprietary biological testing technologies with applications throughout the life sciences industry. The Company's xMAP(R) system is an open-architecture, multi-analyte technology platform that delivers fast, accurate and cost-effective bioassay results to markets as diverse as pharmaceutical drug discovery, clinical diagnostics and biomedical research, including the genomics and proteomics research markets. The Company's xMAP technology is sold worldwide and is in use in leading research laboratories as well as major pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies. Further information on Luminex Corporation or xMAP can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.luminexcorp.com/.

   Contact:  Harriss T. Currie
             Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
             512-219-8020
             

DATASOURCE: Luminex Corporation



CONTACT:  Harriss T. Currie, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial

Officer of Luminex Corporation, [phone], or  



Web site: http://www.luminexcorp.com/

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