| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABA | Australian Biotechnol. Assoc. |
| BCM | Baylor College Of Medicine |
| NFID | National Foundation For Infectious Diseases |
| CSHL | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| SIB | Society For Industrial Biology |
| NLGLP | National Laboratory Gene Library Project |
| HGM | Human Genome Meeting |
| CIMB | Center For International Meeting On Biology |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |