| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| NSGC | National Society Of Genetic Counselors |
| HGMIS | Human Genome Management Information System |
| ISQL | Interactive Standard Query Language |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| ORISE | Oak Ridge Inst. For Science And Education |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| DIMACS | Center For Discrete Math. & Theoretical Comp. Sci. |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| NCI | Natl. Cancer Institute |