Luminex Corporation (LMNX) to Present at Jefferies and Co. 2012 Global Healthcare Conference

AUSTIN, Texas, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) today announced that management will present at the Jefferies 2012 Global Healthcare Conference to be held June 4-7 in New York.

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The investor presentation by Patrick J. Balthrop, president and chief executive officer, will begin at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. 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 website, go to the About Us 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 six months on the website using the 'replay' link.

Luminex is committed to applying its passion for innovation toward advancing healthcare and research worldwide. We are transforming global healthcare and life-science research through the development, manufacturing, and marketing of proprietary instruments and assays utilizing our xMAP® open-architecture, multi-analyte platform and our MultiCode® real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and multiplex PCR-based technologies that deliver cost-effective and rapid results to clinicians and researchers. Our technology is commercially available worldwide and in use in leading clinical laboratories as well as major pharmaceutical, diagnostic, biotechnology and life-science companies. We are meeting the needs of customers in markets as diverse as clinical diagnostics, pharmaceutical drug discovery, biomedical research including genomic and proteomic research, personalized medicine, bio-defense research and food safety. For further information on Luminex Corporation and the latest advances in multiplexing using award winning technology please visit our website at http://www.luminexcorp.com.

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