SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                             ----------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                               Techne Corporation
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          Minnesota                                           41-1427402
   (State or Other Juris-                                  (I.R.S. Employer
   diction of Incorporation                             Identification Number)
       or Organization)

                             614 McKinley Place N.E.
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413
              (Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)


             Techne Corporation 1998 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                           Thomas E. Oland, President
                               Techne Corporation
                             614 McKinley Place N.E.
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413
                                 (612) 379-2956
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                                   Copies to:
                                 Melodie R. Rose
                            Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
                            1100 International Centre
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402



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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================== ====================== ====================== ====================== ======================
                                                                             Proposed
                                                  Proposed Maximum            Maximum
  Title of Securities        Amount to be          Offering Price            Aggregate              Amount of
   to be Registered          Registered(1)          Per Share(2)         Offering Price(2)      Registration Fee
======================== ====================== ====================== ====================== ======================
<S>                         <C>                       <C>                   <C>                      <C>
  Options to Purchase
Common Stock under the
       1998 Plan              Indefinite               $ 0.00                 $ 0.00                 $ 0.00

 Common Stock issuable
   upon exercise of
 options granted under
     the 1998 Plan
                            300,000 shares            $32.0625              $9,618,750               $2,675
                                                                                                      -----
        TOTAL:
                                                                                                     $2,675
======================== ====================== ====================== ====================== ======================

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(1)      In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
         this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
         interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
         described herein and any additional securities which may become
         issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of the plan.

(2)      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating
         the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low
         prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on October 8, 1999.



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                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.           Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

                  The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the documents listed in (a) through (c) below:

                  (a)      The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant
                           to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
                           Act of 1934, or either (I) the latest prospectus
                           filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
                           Act of 1933 that contains audited financial
                           statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
                           for which such statements have been filed or (II) the
                           Registrant's effective registration statement on Form
                           10 or 10-SB filed under the Securities Exchange Act
                           of 1934 containing audited financial statements for
                           the Registrant's latest fiscal year;

                  (b)      All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
                           15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since
                           the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant
                           document referred to in (a) above;

                  (c)      If the class of securities to be offered is
                           registered under Section 12 of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934, the description of such class
                           of securities contained in a registration statement
                           filed under such Act, including any amendment or
                           report filed for the purpose of updating such
                           description.

                  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

Item 4.           Description of Securities.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 5.           Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

                  Not applicable.

Item 6.           Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

                  Under Minnesota corporate law, a corporation shall, unless
prohibited or limited by its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, indemnify its

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directors, officers, employees and agents against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements, expenses and disbursements incurred by such person who was, or is
threatened to be, made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation if
generally, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained of in
the proceeding, the person: (i) has not been indemnified by another organization
with respect to the same acts or omissions; (ii) acted in good faith, (iii)
received no improper personal benefit; (iv) in the case of a criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and (v)
reasonably believed the conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or,
in certain circumstances, reasonably believed that the conduct was not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation. Minnesota corporate law also provides
that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
indemnified party against any liability asserted against such person, whether or
not the corporation would have been required to indemnify the person against
liability under the provisions of Minnesota corporate law. The Registrant's
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws do not limit the Registrant's obligation to
indemnify such persons.

                  The Registrant's Articles of Incorporation limit the liability
of its directors to the full extent permitted by the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act. Specifically, directors of the Registrant will not be
personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as directors
except liability for (i) any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Registrant or
its shareholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) dividends or other
distributions of corporate assets that are in contravention of certain statutory
or contractual restrictions, (iv) violations of certain Minnesota securities
laws or (v) any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal
benefit.

Item 7.           Exemption from Registration Claimed.

                  Not applicable.

Item 8.           Exhibits.

                  5        Opinion and Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
                           relating to the legality of securities under the 1998
                           Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.

                  23.1     Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.  --  included in
                           their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

                  23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

                  24       Power of Attorney from certain directors.

Item 9.           Undertakings.

                  (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

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                           (1) To file, during any period in which offers or
                           sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
                           this Registration Statement:

                                    (i) To include any prospectus required by
                                    Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
                                    1933;

                                    (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts
                                    or events arising after the effective date
                                    of the Registration Statement (or the most
                                    recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                                    which, individually or in the aggregate,
                                    represents a fundamental change in the
                                    information set forth in the Registration
                                    Statement;

                                    (iii) To include any material information
                                    with respect to the plan of distribution not
                                    previously disclosed in the Registration
                                    Statement or any material change to such
                                    information in the Registration Statement;

                                    Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
                                    and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
                                    information required to be included in a
                                    post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
                                    is contained in periodic reports filed by
                                    the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
                                    Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
                                    of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
                                    in the Registration Statement.

                           (2) That, for the purposes of determining any
                           liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                           post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
                           Registration Statement relating to the securities
                           offered therein, and the offering of such securities
                           at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                           fide offering thereof.

                           (3) To remove from registration by means of a
                           post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                           registered which remain unsold at the termination of
                           the offering.

                  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
                  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
                  of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
                  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                  Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
                  employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
                  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
                  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
                  be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
                  securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

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                  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
                  the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
                  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
                  the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has
                  been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
                  Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
                  policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
                  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
                  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
                  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
                  or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
                  defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
                  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
                  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
                  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
                  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
                  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it
                  is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
                  governed by final adjudication of such issue.


                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota, on the 13th
day of October, 1999.


                                               TECHNE CORPORATION
                                               (the "Registrant")



                                               By:  /s/ Thomas E. Oland
                                                    Thomas E. Oland, President


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

                               (Power of Attorney)

         Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Thomas E. Oland and
Roger C. Lucas his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting
alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8

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Registration Statement of Techne Corporation relating to the Company's 1998
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan and any or all amendments or post-effective
amendments to the Form S-8 Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     Signature                          Title                       Date


/s/ Thomas E. Oland         Chairman, President, Treasurer    October 13, 1999
Thomas E. Oland             and Director (principal executive
                            officer and principal financial
                            and accounting officer)

/s/ Christopher S. Henney   Director                          October 13, 1999
Christopher S. Henney


/s/ G. Arthur Herbert       Director                          October 13, 1999
G. Arthur Herbert


/s/ Roger C. Lucas          Director                          October 13, 1999
Roger C. Lucas


/s/ Howard V. O'Connell     Director                          October 13, 1999
Howard V. O'Connell


/s/ Lowell E. Sears         Director                          October 13, 1999
Lowell E. Sears


/s/ Randolph C. Steer, M.D. Director                          October 13, 1999
Randolph C. Steer, M.D.


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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549





                               TECHNE CORPORATION


                         Form S-8 Registration Statement



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number                              Exhibit Description

 5                Opinion and Consent of counsel re securities under the Plan
23.1              Consent of counsel (See Exhibit 5)
23.2              Consent of independent accountants
24                Power of attorney (See Signature Page)
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                             ----------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                               Techne Corporation
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          Minnesota                                           41-1427402
   (State or Other Juris-                                  (I.R.S. Employer
   diction of Incorporation                             Identification Number)
       or Organization)

                             614 McKinley Place N.E.
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413
              (Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)

             Techne Corporation 1998 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                           Thomas E. Oland, President
                               Techne Corporation
                             614 McKinley Place N.E.
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413
                                 (612) 379-2956
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                                   Copies to:
                                 Melodie R. Rose
                            Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
                            1100 International Centre
                          Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================== ====================== ====================== ====================== ======================
                                                                             Proposed
                                                  Proposed Maximum            Maximum
  Title of Securities        Amount to be          Offering Price            Aggregate              Amount of
   to be Registered          Registered(1)          Per Share(2)         Offering Price(2)      Registration Fee
======================== ====================== ====================== ====================== ======================
Options to Purchase
Common Stock under the
       1998 Plan              Indefinite               $ 0.00                 $ 0.00                 $ 0.00

 Common Stock issuable
   upon exercise of
 options granted under
     the 1998 Plan
                            300,000 shares            $32.0625              $9,618,750               $2,675
                                                                                                      -----
        TOTAL:
                                                                                                     $2,675
======================== ====================== ====================== ====================== ======================
(1)      In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
         this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
         interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
         described herein and any additional securities which may become
         issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of the plan.

(2)      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating
         the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low
         prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on October 8, 1999.
PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.           Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

                  The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the documents listed in (a) through (c) below:

                  (a)      The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant
                           to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
                           Act of 1934, or either (I) the latest prospectus
                           filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
                           Act of 1933 that contains audited financial
                           statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
                           for which such statements have been filed or (II) the
                           Registrant's effective registration statement on Form
                           10 or 10-SB filed under the Securities Exchange Act
                           of 1934 containing audited financial statements for
                           the Registrant's latest fiscal year;

                  (b)      All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
                           15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since
                           the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant
                           document referred to in (a) above;

                  (c)      If the class of securities to be offered is
                           registered under Section 12 of the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934, the description of such class
                           of securities contained in a registration statement
                           filed under such Act, including any amendment or
                           report filed for the purpose of updating such
                           description.

                  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

Item 4.           Description of Securities.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 5.           Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

                  Not applicable.

Item 6.           Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

                  Under Minnesota corporate law, a corporation shall, unless
prohibited or limited by its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, indemnify its

                                       1
directors, officers, employees and agents against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements, expenses and disbursements incurred by such person who was, or is
threatened to be, made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation if
generally, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained of in
the proceeding, the person: (i) has not been indemnified by another organization
with respect to the same acts or omissions; (ii) acted in good faith, (iii)
received no improper personal benefit; (iv) in the case of a criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and (v)
reasonably believed the conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or,
in certain circumstances, reasonably believed that the conduct was not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation. Minnesota corporate law also provides
that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
indemnified party against any liability asserted against such person, whether or
not the corporation would have been required to indemnify the person against
liability under the provisions of Minnesota corporate law. The Registrant's
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws do not limit the Registrant's obligation to
indemnify such persons.

                  The Registrant's Articles of Incorporation limit the liability
of its directors to the full extent permitted by the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act. Specifically, directors of the Registrant will not be
personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as directors
except liability for (i) any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Registrant or
its shareholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) dividends or other
distributions of corporate assets that are in contravention of certain statutory
or contractual restrictions, (iv) violations of certain Minnesota securities
laws or (v) any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal
benefit.

Item 7.           Exemption from Registration Claimed.

                  Not applicable.

Item 8.           Exhibits.

                  5        Opinion and Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
                           relating to the legality of securities under the 1998
                           Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.

                  23.1     Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.  --  included in
                           their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

                  23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

                  24       Power of Attorney from certain directors.

Item 9.           Undertakings.

                  (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                                       2
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or
                           sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
                           this Registration Statement:

                                    (i) To include any prospectus required by
                                    Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
                                    1933;

                                    (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts
                                    or events arising after the effective date
                                    of the Registration Statement (or the most
                                    recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                                    which, individually or in the aggregate,
                                    represents a fundamental change in the
                                    information set forth in the Registration
                                    Statement;

                                    (iii) To include any material information
                                    with respect to the plan of distribution not
                                    previously disclosed in the Registration
                                    Statement or any material change to such
                                    information in the Registration Statement;

                                    Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
                                    and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
                                    information required to be included in a
                                    post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
                                    is contained in periodic reports filed by
                                    the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
                                    Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
                                    of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
                                    in the Registration Statement.

                           (2) That, for the purposes of determining any
                           liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                           post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
                           Registration Statement relating to the securities
                           offered therein, and the offering of such securities
                           at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                           fide offering thereof.

                           (3) To remove from registration by means of a
                           post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                           registered which remain unsold at the termination of
                           the offering.

                  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
                  purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
                  of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
                  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
                  Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
                  employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
                  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
                  incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
                  be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
                  securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof.

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(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
                  the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
                  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
                  the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has
                  been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
                  Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
                  policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
                  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
                  against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
                  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
                  or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
                  defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
                  director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
                  securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
                  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
                  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
                  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it
                  is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
                  governed by final adjudication of such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

         The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota, on the 13th
day of October, 1999.

                                               TECHNE CORPORATION
                                               (the "Registrant")

                                               By:  /s/ Thomas E. Oland
                                                    Thomas E. Oland, President

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

                               (Power of Attorney)

         Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Thomas E. Oland and
Roger C. Lucas his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting
alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8

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Registration Statement of Techne Corporation relating to the Company's 1998
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan and any or all amendments or post-effective
amendments to the Form S-8 Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Signature                          Title                       Date

/s/ Thomas E. Oland         Chairman, President, Treasurer    October 13, 1999
Thomas E. Oland             and Director (principal executive
                            officer and principal financial
                            and accounting officer)

/s/ Christopher S. Henney   Director                          October 13, 1999
Christopher S. Henney

/s/ G. Arthur Herbert       Director                          October 13, 1999
G. Arthur Herbert

/s/ Roger C. Lucas          Director                          October 13, 1999
Roger C. Lucas

/s/ Howard V. O'Connell     Director                          October 13, 1999
Howard V. O'Connell

/s/ Lowell E. Sears         Director                          October 13, 1999
Lowell E. Sears

/s/ Randolph C. Steer, M.D. Director                          October 13, 1999
Randolph C. Steer, M.D.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                               TECHNE CORPORATION

                         Form S-8 Registration Statement

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number                              Exhibit Description

 5                Opinion and Consent of counsel re securities under the Plan
23.1              Consent of counsel (See Exhibit 5)
23.2              Consent of independent accountants
24                Power of attorney (See Signature Page)