| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAP | Association Of American Physicians |
| EURESCO | European Research Conferences |
| NFCR | National Foundation For Cancer Research |
| AANP | American Association Of Neuropathologists |
| SHOM | Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices |
| OBER | Office Of Biological And Environmental Research |
| NCGR | National Center For Genome Resources |
| ANGIS | Australian National Genomic Info. Service |
| IMGS | Intl. Mammalian Genome Society |
| FAP | Familial Adenomatous Polyposis |