| Acronym | Meaning |
| UNC | University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| ES | Embryonic Stem |
| CIMB | Center For International Meeting On Biology |
| PAC | P1 Artificial Chromosome |
| FMF | Familial Mediterranean Fever |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |
| IMA | Institute For Mathematics And Its Applications |
| AAIP | American Association Of Investigative Pathologists |