FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Compass Genomics, Inc.
6217 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, Suite 300
Saint Charles, MO  63304

CONTACT
Richard Lesh, President
636-219-6927
richard.lesh@compassgenomics.com


Compass Genomics Profile in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Saint Louis, MO - June 25, 2001 - In the Sunday edition (June 24) of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, Compass Genomics was profiled by writer David Nicklaus in
the Imagine St. Louis section.  The article was part of a larger topic on
creating jobs using industry clusters.

Full text of the Post-Dispatch article "New Company Aims to Serve Computing
Needs of Biotech Start-Ups" can be found at:

http://www.biobelt.org/news/compass.html

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