| Acronym | Meaning |
| FASEB | Federation Of American Societies For Experimental Biology |
| BS/SCF | Biological Sequence/Structure Computational Facility |
| HGMIS | Human Genome Management Information System |
| CDNA | Complementary DNA |
| NORD | National Organization For Rare Disorders |
| WHS | Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome |
| FSHD | Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy |
| NYAS | New York Academy Of Science |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| EDS | Electronic Data Submission |