BRANFORD, Conn., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CuraGen Corporation (Nasdaq: CRGN - News) announced today that Dr. Frank M. Armstrong, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Fifth Annual Needham & Company Biotechnology and Medical Technology Conference on Thursday, June 15, 2006, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. The conference is being held at the New York Palace Hotel in New York, NY. Dr. Armstrong will provide an update on the Company's advanced oncology therapeutics and review the progress being made at 454 Life Sciences, a majority-owned subsidiary of CuraGen.