| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| TIGR | The Inst. For Genomic Research |
| GAS | Genome Automation System |
| AAAI | American Association ForArtificial Intelligence |
| CSHL | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| IBEX | International Biotechnology EXpo |
| ICGEB | International Centre For Genetic Engineering And Biotechnology |