| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIGMS | National Institute Of General Medical Sciences |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| ISONG | Intl. Soc. Of Nurses In Genet. |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| GDB/OMIM | Genome Database/Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| NFID | National Foundation For Infectious Diseases |
| ECB | European Congress On Biotechnology |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| NCSL | National Conference Of State Legislatures |