| Acronym | Meaning |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| HELSRD | Health Effects And Life Science Research Division |
| HGN | Human Genome News |
| GSA | Genetics Societies Of America |
| WLMG | Wellcome Laboratory For Molecular Genetics |
| ANL | Argonne National Laboratory |
| ESF | European Science Foundation |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |