| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASLME | American Society Of Law |
| FTICR | Fourier Transform Ioncyclotron Resonance |
| ORAU | Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
| FVEA | Fundacion Valenciana De Estudios Avanzados |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
| NIGMS | National Institute Of General Medical Sciences |
| SIVB | Society For In Vitro Biology |
| KB | Kilobase |
| HGM | Human Genome Meeting |