| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
| CMT | Charcot-Marie-Tooth |
| MGI | Microbial Genome Initiative |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |
| IMACS | International Association For Mathematics And Computers In Simulation |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |
| ABA | Australian Biotechnol. Assoc. |
| CIRB | Colorado Institute For Research In Biotechnology |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |