| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIO | Biotechnology Industry Organization |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| BP | Base Pair |
| BS/SCF | Biological Sequence/Structure Computational Facility |
| BSCS | Biological Sciences Curriculum Study |
| BTCI | BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute |
| BTP | Biotechnology Training Programs |
| CAE | Capillary Array Electrophoresis |
| CASSS | California Separation Science Society |
| CATCMB | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology |
| CATCMB/CUA | Center For Advanced Training In Cell And Molecular Biology/Catholic Univ. Of America |
| CCD | Charged Coupled Device |
| CCM | Chromosome Coordinating Meeting |
| CDC | Centers For Disease Control |
| CDNA | Complementary DNA |
| CE | Capillary Electrophoresis |
| CEPH | Centre D'Etude Du Polymorphisme Humain |
| CF | Cystic Fibrosis |
| CFF | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
| CHH | Cartilage-hair Hypoplasia |
| CHI | Cambridge Healthtech Inst. |
| CHOP | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia |
| CIMB | Center For International Meeting On Biology |
| CIOMS | Council For International Organizations Of Medical Sciences |
| CIRB | Colorado Institute For Research In Biotechnology |
| CLMA | Clinical Laboratory Management Association |
| CM | Centimorgan |
| CMT | Charcot-Marie-Tooth |
| CONTIG | Consortium Of Teachers In Genetics |
| CORN | Council Of Regional Networks For Genetic Services |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research And Development Agreement |
| CSHL | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| CTG | Trinucleotide Repeat |
| DDBJ | DNA Data Bank Of Japan |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| DIMACS | Center For Discrete Math. & Theoretical Comp. Sci. |
| DM | Myotonic Dystrophy |
| DMD | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DOE | Department Of Energy |
| ECB | European Congress On Biotechnology |
| EDS | Electronic Data Submission |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EL.B.A. | ELectronics And Biotechnology Advanced |
| ELSI | Ethical |
| EMBL | European Mol. Biol. Lab. |
| EMBO | European Molecular Biology Organisation |
| EMG | Encyclopedia Of The Mouse Genome |
| EMS | Environmental Mutagen Society |
| EORTC | European Organization For Research And Treatment Of Cancer |