| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECB | European Congress On Biotechnology |
| ICHG | International Congress Of Human Genetics |
| FSHD | Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| NICHD | National Institute Of Child Health And Human Development |
| HUGO | Human Genome Organisation |
| IBEX | International Biotechnology EXpo |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |
| ASBMB | American Society For Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| BCM | Baylor College Of Medicine |