| Acronym | Meaning |
| CATCMB/CUA | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology/Catholic Univ. Of America |
| CLMA | Clinical Laboratory Management Association |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| ASIP | American Society For Investigative Pathologists |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| ARP | American Registry Of Pathology |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |
| NIGMS | National Institute Of General Medical Sciences |
| ABI | Applied Biosystems |