| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| CCD | Charged Coupled Device |
| ICES | International Council Of Electrophoresis Societies |
| CSHL | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| FEBS | Fed. Of Eur. Biochem. Soc. |
| GIST | Genome Informatics System Of Transputers |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| MNBWS | Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposium |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| SERGG | Southeast Regional Genetics Group |