**Exhibit 31.1**

I, Edward L. Gallup, certify that:

1.                 I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 10-K of Immucor, Inc.;

2.                 Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary tomake the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

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

4.                 The registrant’sother certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) andinternal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrantand have:

a)                 Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in whichthis report is being prepared;

b)                Designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;

c)                 Evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report basedon such evaluation; and

d)                Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarterin the case of an annual report) thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial 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 personsperforming the equivalent functions):

a)                 All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

b)                Any fraud, whetheror not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.

Date: July 31, 2006
| /s/ Edward L Gallup                                                      |   |   |
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| Edward L. Gallup,  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |

 

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