| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIH | National Institutes Of Health |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |
| GSA | Genetics Societies Of America |
| GIST | Genome Informatics System Of Transputers |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| ASCI | American Society For Clinical Investigation |
| ASB | American Society For Biotechnology |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |
| FRAXA | Fragile X Locus |