| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology |
| UCB | University Of California |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| HGCC | Human Genome Coordinating Committee |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| TIGR | The Inst. For Genomic Research |
| FTICR | Fourier Transform Ioncyclotron Resonance |