Human Genome Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Human Genome Acronyms

• ERDA — Energy Research And Development Administration
• ERI — Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
• ES — Embryonic Stem
• ESF — European Science Foundation
• ESHG — European Society of Human Genetics
• ESI — Electrospray Ionization
• EST — Expressed Sequence Tag
• EUCIB — European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross
• EURESCO — European Research Conferences
• FAP — Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
• FASEB — Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
• FCM — Flow Cytometry
• FEBS — Fed. of Eur. Biochem. Soc.
• FISH — Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
• FMF — Familial Mediterranean Fever
• FRAXA — Fragile X Locus
• FSHD — Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
• FTICR — Fourier Transform Ioncyclotron Resonance
• FVEA — Fundacion Valenciana De Estudios Avanzados
• GAS — Genome Automation System
• GBASE — Genome Database of The Mouse
• GBR — Global Business Research
• GDB — Genome Database
• GDB/OMIM — Genome Database/Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man
• GESTEC — Genome Science And Technology Center
• GIST — Genome Informatics System of Transputers
• GLARGG — Great Lakes Regional Genetics Group
• GMCRF — General Motors Cancer Res. Foundation
• GMD — Genomic Map Design
• GPI — Genetics And Public Issues Program
• GRAIL — Gene Recognition And Analysis Internet Link
• GRC — Gordon Res. Conf.
• GSA — Genetics Societies of America
• GSDB — Genome Sequence Data Base
• HAEC — Human Artificial Episomal Chromosome
• HELSRD — Health Effects And Life Science Research Division
• HERAC — Health And Environmental Research Advisory Committee
• HGCC — Human Genome Coordinating Committee
• HGM — Human Genome Meeting
• HGMIS — Human Genome Management Information System
• HGN — Human Genome News
• HGP — Human Genome Project
• HHMI — Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• HICSS — Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci.
• HLA — Human Leukocyte Antigen
• HMDP — Homology Database
• HNPCC — Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer
• HSA — Human Serum Albumin
• HUGO — Human Genome Organisation
• IARC — International Agency For Research On Cancer
• IBC — International Business Communications
• IBEX — International Biotechnology EXpo
• IBF — International Business Forum
• IBI — Institute For Biotechnology Information
• ICES — International Council of Electrophoresis Societies
• ICGEB — International Centre For Genetic Engineering And Biotechnology
• ICHG — International Congress of Human Genetics
• ICPEMC — International Commission On Protection Against Environmental Mutagens And Carcinogens
• ICRF — Imperial Cancer Research Fund
• IEEE — Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers
• IG — IntelliGenetics
• IGES — International Genetics Epidemiology Societies
• IJCAI — International Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence
• IMA — Institute For Mathematics And Its Applications
• IMACS — International Association For Mathematics And Computers In Simulation
• IMAGE — Integrated Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression
• IMGS — Intl. Mammalian Genome Society
• INRIA — French Natl. Inst. For Research In Computer Science And Control
• IOM — Institute of Medicine
• IOR — Institute of Religion
• ISAG — Intl. Society For Animal Genetics
• ISMB — Intelligent Systems For Molecular Biology
• ISONG — Intl. Soc. of Nurses In Genet.
• ISQL — Interactive Standard Query Language
• ISTR — Institute For Science Training And Research
• IU — Indiana University
• IUBMB — Intl. Union of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology
• IVD — In Vitro Diagnostic
• JGI — Joint Genome Institute
• KB — Kilobase
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• LBNL — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• LLNL — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• LTI — Life Technologies
• MALDI — Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
• MB — Megabase
• MBC — Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
• MBL — Marine Biological Laboratory
• MCD — Mouse Cytogenetic Database
• MDA — Muscular Dystrophy Assoc.
• MEMS — Microelectromechanical Systems
• MGC — Mouse Genome Conference
• MGD — Mouse Genome Database
• MGI — Microbial Genome Initiative
• MHC — Major Histocompatibility Complex
• MIMBD — Meet. On The Interconnection of Mol. Biol. Databases
• MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MMRF — Marshfield Medical Research Foundation
• MNBWS — Miami Nature Biotechnology Winter Symposium
• MOD — March of Dimes