| Acronym | Meaning |
| ORDA | NIH Office Of Recombinant DNA Activities |
| AAAI | American Association ForArtificial Intelligence |
| UCB | University Of California |
| MOD | March Of Dimes |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| ISTR | Institute For Science Training And Research |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |
| IMAGE | Integrated Molecular Analysis Of Gene Expression |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |