| Acronym | Meaning |
| GRAIL | Gene Recognition And Analysis Internet Link |
| MNBWS | Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposium |
| IBI | Institute For Biotechnology Information |
| HGM | Human Genome Meeting |
| ORAU | Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
| IMACS | International Association For Mathematics And Computers In Simulation |
| NEH | National Endowment For The Humanities |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| SCAN | Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program |
| ISAG | Intl. Society For Animal Genetics |