| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAI | American Association Of Immunologists |
| EUCIB | European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross |
| WSES | World Scientific And Engineering Society |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| FTICR | Fourier Transform Ioncyclotron Resonance |
| ISTR | Institute For Science Training And Research |
| RARA | Retinoic Acid Receptor |
| IGES | International Genetics Epidemiology Societies |
| MDA | Muscular Dystrophy Assoc. |