| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTICR | Fourier Transform Ioncyclotron Resonance |
| MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| HGM | Human Genome Meeting |
| CASSS | California Separation Science Society |
| SCI | Society Of Chemical Industry |
| NLM | National Library Of Medicine |
| MIMBD | Meet. On The Interconnection Of Mol. Biol. Databases |
| USDA | U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational |
| JGI | Joint Genome Institute |