| Acronym | Meaning |
| HAEC | Human Artificial Episomal Chromosome |
| ORAU | Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| MBC | Massachusetts Biotechnology Council |
| HMDP | Homology Database |
| IMA | Institute For Mathematics And Its Applications |
| AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |
| CATCMB/CUA | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology/Catholic Univ. Of America |