| Acronym | Meaning |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
| NCSL | National Conference Of State Legislatures |
| IMAGE | Integrated Molecular Analysis Of Gene Expression |
| FSHD | Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy |
| MDA | Muscular Dystrophy Assoc. |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| IUBMB | Intl. Union Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| BSCS | Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |