| Acronym | Meaning |
| TBU | Tertiary Building Unit |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| VGF | Vertical Gradient Freeze |
| VGP | Virtual Geomagnetic Pole |
| SIFT | Selected Ion Flow Tube |
| ESEDD | Excited State Electron Density Differential Method |
| SFIP | Sector Facility Indexing Project |
| HMMP | Hazardous Materials Management Plan |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| TRAP | Telomeric Repeat Amplification Protocol |