| Acronym | Meaning |
| IMA | Institute For Mathematics And Its Applications |
| CIOMS | Council For International Organizations Of Medical Sciences |
| NASA | Natl. Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| ORISE | Oak Ridge Inst. For Science And Education |
| IU | Indiana University |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| CIMB | Center For International Meeting On Biology |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| ASPET | American Society For Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics |