**Exhibit 31.1**

I, Dr. Gioacchino DeChirico, certify that:

1.               I have reviewedthis quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Immucor, Inc.;

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respectto the period covered by this report;

3.               Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and we have:

a)              Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the periodin which this report is being prepared;

b)             Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reportingto be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

c)              Evaluated the effectiveness ofthe registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)             Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting that occurred duringthe registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscalquarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.               The registrant’sother certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

a)              All significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affectthe registrant’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

b)             Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.
| Date: October 5, 2006                                  |
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| /s/ Dr.  Gioacchino DeChirico                          |   |
| Dr. Gioacchino  DeChirico,                             |
| Chief Executive  Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |

 

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