EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THERE PRESENTS that the undersigned, a director, officer or
both, of Transgenomic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), acting
pursuant to the authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby
appoints Collin J. D'Silva as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for me
and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as an officer or director or
both of the Company, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any amendments (including any
post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto with respect to the
registration of shares of Common Stock of the Company and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as
fully in all respects as I could do personally.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December,
2000.

                                         /s/ Stephen F. Dwyer
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                                         Stephen F. Dwyer





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THERE PRESENTS that the undersigned, a director, officer or
both, of Transgenomic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), acting
pursuant to the authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby
appoints Collin J. D'Silva as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for me
and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as an officer or director or
both of the Company, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any amendments (including any
post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto with respect to the
registration of shares of Common Stock of the Company and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as
fully in all respects as I could do personally.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December,
2000.


                                         /s/ Douglas T. Gjerde
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Douglas T. Gjerde







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THERE PRESENTS that the undersigned, a director, officer or
both, of Transgenomic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), acting
pursuant to the authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby
appoints Collin J. D'Silva as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for me
and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as an officer or director or
both of the Company, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any amendments (including any
post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto with respect to the
registration of shares of Common Stock of the Company and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as
fully in all respects as I could do personally.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December,
2000.


                                         /s/ Jeffrey Sklar
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Jeffrey Sklar








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THERE PRESENTS that the undersigned, a director, officer or
both, of Transgenomic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), acting
pursuant to the authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby
appoints Collin J. D'Silva as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for me
and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as an officer or director or
both of the Company, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any amendments (including any
post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto with respect to the
registration of shares of Common Stock of the Company and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as
fully in all respects as I could do personally.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December,
2000.

                                         /s/ Roland J. Santoni
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Roland J. Santoni








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THERE PRESENTS that the undersigned, a director, officer or
both, of Transgenomic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), acting
pursuant to the authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby
appoints Collin J. D'Silva as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for me
and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as an officer or director or
both of the Company, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any amendments (including any
post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto with respect to the
registration of shares of Common Stock of the Company and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as
fully in all respects as I could do personally.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December,
2000.


                                         /s/  Gregory J. Duman
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Gregory J. Duman






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THERE PRESENTS that the undersigned, a director, officer or
both, of Transgenomic, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), acting
pursuant to the authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, hereby
appoints Collin J. D'Silva as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for me
and in my name and on my behalf, individually and as an officer or director or
both of the Company, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any amendments (including any
post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto with respect to the
registration of shares of Common Stock of the Company and generally to do and
perform all things necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as
fully in all respects as I could do personally.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December,
2000.


                                         /s/  Parag Saxena
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Parag Saxena