| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABRF | Association Of Biomolecular Resource Facilities |
| LTI | Life Technologies |
| WCCS | Workshop On Complete CDNA Sequencing |
| ASLME | American Society Of Law |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| IMGS | Intl. Mammalian Genome Society |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| ABI | Applied Biosystems |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |