| Acronym | Meaning |
| CATCMB | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology |
| IOR | Institute Of Religion |
| RLGS | Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning |
| ACEDB | A C. Elegans Database |
| OBER | Office Of Biological And Environmental Research |
| NHGRI | Natl. Human Genome Res. Inst. |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| MMRF | Marshfield Medical Research Foundation |
| NCI | Natl. Cancer Institute |
| ERDA | Energy Research And Development Administration |