| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| ACE | Angiotensin-converting Enzyme |
| NLM | National Library Of Medicine |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| SIMS | Societal Institute Of The Mathematical Sciences |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| SIB | Society For Industrial Biology |
| MGC | Mouse Genome Conference |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |