| Acronym | Meaning |
| UNC | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |
| AGT | Association Of Genetic Technologists |
| ISMB | Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology |
| ELSI | Ethical |
| NLM | National Library Of Medicine |
| NIH | National Institutes Of Health |
| SIMS | Societal Institute Of The Mathematical Sciences |
| AFMR | American Federation Of Medical Research |
| AANP | American Association Of Neuropathologists |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |