| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| HGP | Human Genome Project |
| LTI | Life Technologies |
| MGI | Microbial Genome Initiative |
| STS | Sequence-tagged Site |
| CDC | Centers For Disease Control |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| ICPEMC | International Commission On Protection Against Environmental Mutagens And Carcinogens |
| BSCS | Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |
| OBER | Office Of Biological And Environmental Research |