| Acronym | Meaning |
| BSCS | Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |
| AACR | American Association For Cancer Research |
| NFID | National Foundation For Infectious Diseases |
| GSDB | Genome Sequence Data Base |
| DIMACS | Center For Discrete Math. & Theoretical Comp. Sci. |
| WSES | World Scientific And Engineering Society |
| ANGIS | Australian National Genomic Info. Service |
| SQL | Standard Query Language |
| CF | Cystic Fibrosis |
| CLMA | Clinical Laboratory Management Association |