Wednesday April 25, 2001

COMPANY PRESS RELEASE

Transgenomic, Inc. Invites You to Join Its First Quarter 2001 Conference Call on the Web

SAN JOSE, Calif. and OMAHA, Neb., April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- In connection with Transgenomic, Inc.'s reporting of first quarter financial results, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Wednesday, May 2 at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, with Collin D'Silva, chief executive officer. Transgenomic, Inc. (Nasdaq: TBIO) will release its financial results on Wednesday, May 2 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

What: Transgenomic, Inc.'s First Quarter 2001 Financial Results Conference Call
When: Wednesday, May 2, 2001, 5:00 p.m. ET
Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/TRANSGENOMIC/050201/
How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above
Contact: Mitchell L. Murphy, Investor Relations, Transgenomic, Inc., 402-452-5437

Future release of quarterly financial results and conference calls will be scheduled with similar timing, on the fifth Wednesday after the end of each quarter. For the remainder of 2001, those dates will be August 1 and October 31.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.videonewswire.com/TRANSGENOMIC/050201/. A link to this site will also be located on the company's website. In addition, an archived recording of the call can be accessed by way of telephone through Wednesday, May 16, 2001, midnight ET. Simply dial 402-220-1546 from any telephone.

(Minimum requirements to listen to web broadcast are: RealPlayer software, downloadable free from www.real.com/products/player/index.html; and at least a 14.4 kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the broadcast, send an e-mail to webmaster@vdat.com.)

For more information about the innovative genomics research tools developed and marketed by Transgenomic, please visit the company's website at www.transgenomic.com.