| Acronym | Meaning |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| ELSI | Ethical |
| NFID | National Foundation For Infectious Diseases |
| AACR | American Association For Cancer Research |
| SULS | Suffolk Univ. Law School |
| RH | Radiation Hybrid |
| DIMACS | Center For Discrete Math. & Theoretical Comp. Sci. |
| NFCR | National Foundation For Cancer Research |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| IU | Indiana University |