PHILADELPHIA, PA, MAY 5, 2006 – Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (AMEX:
BIO and BIOb), announced today that it will offer an upcoming series
of web seminars focused on the latest approaches in spectroscopy,
chromatography, ADME/Tox and Metabolomics. Registration for the
seminars is free and can be accessed online at
http://www.knowitall.com. 

Web seminar topics will include:

ADME/TOX
•  A Computational Aid to Pre-Clinical Safety
•  Consensus Modeling, as Applied to In Silico ADME/Tox Prediction
Models, for Improved Accuracy
•  Creating a Protein Binding Model that Enables Decision Making •  New Classification and Regression Models for CYP 2D6 Inhibition
and hERG Binding
•  A Novel Approach to Tracking Non-linear Changes in ADME/Tox Properties While Improving Interpretability of In Silico Prediction

SPECTROSCOPY
•  Characterization of IR Spectra via Multivariate Processing and
Overlap Density Heatmaps 
•  Towards Greater Understanding of Chromatographic Data:  New
Approaches Employing Multivariate Techniques for the Analysis of
Chromatographic Data 
•  Towards Greater Understanding of Spectroscopic Data: New
Approaches Employing Multivariate Techniques for the Analysis
of IR, NMR, MS and Raman
•  Using Multiple Spectral Techniques to Optimize Spectral
Search Results

METABOLOMICS
•  An Efficient Working Environment for Metabolomics 
•  An Integrated Workflow for Metabolomics and its Application
to Diabetics Research

Bio-Rad's Informatics Division (www.informatics.bio-rad.com)
specializes in state-of-the-art software and database solutions
for the pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industries. Bio-Rad
is the leading publisher of fully verified spectral databases,
cheminformatics, spectroscopy software and decision support
systems for drug discovery. The company's award-winning KnowItAll(r) Informatics System offers a fully integrated environment with
flexible, expandable software and database solutions for spectroscopy
(MS, NMR, IR, Raman, spectral data management), cheminformatics,
in silico ADME/Tox prediction and lead optimization.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (www.bio-rad.com) is a multinational
manufacturer and distributor of life science research products and
clinical diagnostics. Based in Hercules, California, Bio-Rad serves
more than 70,000 research and industry customers worldwide through
a network of more than 30 wholly owned subsidiary offices.

Various statements made within this press release may constitute
"forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Securities and
Exchange Commission's "safe harbor" provisions under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Rule 3b-6 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements
contained herein involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
results to differ materially from the Company's expectations.

For more information contact:
Deborah Kernan, Marketing Communications Manager
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Informatics Division
Phone: +1 215 349 7366
E-mail: deborah_kernan@bio-rad.com