| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCW | Single-chromosome Workshop |
| HGCC | Human Genome Coordinating Committee |
| AVS | American Vacuum Society |
| ASPET | American Society For Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics |
| EMBO | European Molecular Biology Organisation |
| PFGE | Pulsed-field Gel Electrophresis |
| IEEE | Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers |
| NMHCC | National Managed Health Care Congress |
| IMAGE | Integrated Molecular Analysis Of Gene Expression |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |