| Acronym | Meaning |
| MDMI | Monodisperse Dried Microparticulate Injector |
| CPIMA | Center On Polymer Interfaces And Macromolecular Assemblies |
| EMBL | European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
| DUV | Deep Ultraviolet |
| ATF | Activating Transcription Factor |
| RMP4 | Restricted Moeller-Plesset Fourth-order (perturbation Theory) |
| GVBD | Germinal Vesicle Breakdown |
| CTE | Coefficient Of Thermal Expansion |
| GLISP | Great Lakes International Surveillance Plan |
| DOCA | Deoxycorticosterone Acetate |