| Acronym | Meaning |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| ICES | International Council Of Electrophoresis Societies |
| RAPD | Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |
| ECB | European Congress On Biotechnology |
| MOD | March Of Dimes |
| HGN | Human Genome News |
| SCI | Society Of Chemical Industry |