| Acronym | Meaning |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |
| UMBC | University Of Maryland |
| ANGIS | Australian National Genomic Info. Service |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |
| WLMG | Wellcome Laboratory For Molecular Genetics |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |
| EORTC | European Organization For Research And Treatment Of Cancer |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |