| Acronym | Meaning |
| MEMS | Microelectromechanical Systems |
| UMBC | University Of Maryland |
| NCGR | National Center For Genome Resources |
| TIGR/NIST | The Inst. For Genomic Res./Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technol. |
| CHOP | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| IMA | Institute For Mathematics And Its Applications |
| STRP | Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| ELSI | Ethical |