| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIGMS | National Institute Of General Medical Sciences |
| IJCAI | International Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence |
| CDC | Centers For Disease Control |
| NSF | Natl. Sci. Foundation |
| NAS | Natl. Academy Of Sciences |
| BP | Base Pair |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| ERI | Eleanor Roosevelt Institute |
| ICES | International Council Of Electrophoresis Societies |
| GESTEC | Genome Science And Technology Center |