| Acronym | Meaning |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |
| AIBS | Am. Inst. Of Biol. Soc. |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| NCSL | National Conference Of State Legislatures |
| NBAC | Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |
| RECOMB | Conference On Computational Molecular Biology |
| MBC | Massachusetts Biotechnology Council |