| Acronym | Meaning |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| USDA | U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture |
| ATP | Advanced Technology Program |
| HERAC | Health And Environmental Research Advisory Committee |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |
| ISTR | Institute For Science Training And Research |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| NCGR | National Center For Genome Resources |
| CSHL | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| AVS | American Vacuum Society |