| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| SIM | Society For Industrial Microbiology |
| ASM | American Society For Microbiology |
| MGC | Mouse Genome Conference |
| ANGIS | Australian National Genomic Info. Service |
| NCSL | National Conference Of State Legislatures |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| UW | University Of Washington |
| WHS | Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome |
| CAE | Capillary Array Electrophoresis |