| Acronym | Meaning |
| UW | University Of Washington |
| CASSS | California Separation Science Society |
| BSCS | Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| BS/SCF | Biological Sequence/Structure Computational Facility |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| IARC | International Agency For Research On Cancer |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| MGI | Microbial Genome Initiative |