| Acronym | Meaning |
| NASA | Natl. Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| ATP | Advanced Technology Program |
| STM | Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
| BER | Biological And Environmental Research |
| BTCI | BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute |
| CONTIG | Consortium Of Teachers In Genetics |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| HELSRD | Health Effects And Life Science Research Division |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |