| Acronym | Meaning |
| STM | Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
| NHGRI | Natl. Human Genome Res. Inst. |
| HUGO | Human Genome Organisation |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| FTICR | Fourier Transform Ioncyclotron Resonance |
| IU | Indiana University |
| NMHCC | National Managed Health Care Congress |
| JGI | Joint Genome Institute |
| NYAS | New York Academy Of Science |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |