| Acronym | Meaning |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |
| AFIP/ARP | Armed Forces Inst. Of Pathol./Am. Registry Of Pathol. |
| IVD | In Vitro Diagnostic |
| UC | University Of California |
| FEBS | Fed. Of Eur. Biochem. Soc. |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| GAS | Genome Automation System |
| UCB | University Of California |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| NCGR | National Center For Genome Resources |