| Acronym | Meaning |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| ICRF | Imperial Cancer Research Fund |
| HHMI | Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| HNPCC | Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| IUBMB | Intl. Union Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology |
| IEEE | Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers |
| IMAGE | Integrated Molecular Analysis Of Gene Expression |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |