| Acronym | Meaning |
| OHER | Office Of Health And Environmental Research |
| UNC | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
| SASE | Sample Sequencing |
| IBC | International Business Communications |
| LLNL | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| MB | Megabase |
| FEBS | Fed. Of Eur. Biochem. Soc. |
| GSA | Genetics Societies Of America |
| NAPBC | Natl. Action Plan On Breast Cancer |