| Acronym | Meaning |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| CIOMS | Council For International Organizations Of Medical Sciences |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
| BCM | Baylor College Of Medicine |
| ERI | Eleanor Roosevelt Institute |
| SIMS | Societal Institute Of The Mathematical Sciences |
| BER | Biological And Environmental Research |
| ASM | American Society For Microbiology |
| UCB | University Of California |