| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCE | School Of Continuing Education |
| UICM | Univ. Of Illinois College Of Medicine |
| ASB | American Society For Biotechnology |
| GAS | Genome Automation System |
| CHOP | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia |
| CIRB | Colorado Institute For Research In Biotechnology |
| BAC | Bacterial Artificial Chromosome |
| BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
| DMD | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |