Human Genome Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Human Genome Acronyms

• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding
• MRC — Medical Research Council
• MS — Mass Spectrometry
• NABT — Natl. Assoc. of Biology Teachers
• NACHGR — Natl. Advisory Council For Human Genome Res.
• NAPBC — Natl. Action Plan On Breast Cancer
• NAS — Natl. Academy of Sciences
• NASA — Natl. Aeronautics And Space Administration
• NBAC — Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission
• NCGR — National Center For Genome Resources
• NCI — Natl. Cancer Institute
• NCSA — National Center For Supercomputing Applications
• NCSL — National Conference of State Legislatures
• NCSU — North Carolina State University
• NEH — National Endowment For The Humanities
• NFCR — National Foundation For Cancer Research
• NFID — National Foundation For Infectious Diseases
• NHGRI — Natl. Human Genome Res. Inst.
• NICHD — National Institute of Child Health And Human Development
• NIGMS — National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• NIGMS — Natl. Institute of General Medical Sciences
• NIH — National Institutes of Health
• NIST — Natl. Inst. of Standards And Technology
• NLGLP — National Laboratory Gene Library Project
• NLM — National Library of Medicine
• NMHCC — National Managed Health Care Congress
• NMR — Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
• NORD — National Organization For Rare Disorders
• NRC — National Research Council
• NRSA — National Research Service Award
• NSF — Natl. Sci. Foundation
• NSGC — National Society of Genetic Counselors
• NSTA — National Science Teachers Association
• NYAS — New York Academy of Science
• OAINN — Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks
• OBER — Office of Biological And Environmental Research
• OHER — Office of Health And Environmental Research
• OMIM — Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man
• OPRR — Office of Protection From Res. Risks
• ORAU — Oak Ridge Associated Universities
• ORDA — NIH Office of Recombinant DNA Activities
• ORF — Open Reading Frame
• ORISE — Oak Ridge Inst. For Science And Education
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• OSU — Oregon State University
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment
• PAC — P1 Artificial Chromosome
• PACHG — Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome
• PCR — Polymerase Chain Reaction
• PFGE — Pulsed-field Gel Electrophresis
• PG — Plant Genome
• PIR — Protein Info. Resource
• PNNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• PRIM&R — Public Responsibility In Medicine & Research
• PSC — Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
• QDFM — Quantitative DNA Fiber Mapping
• RAPD — Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
• RARA — Retinoic Acid Receptor
• RECOMB — Conference On Computational Molecular Biology
• RFLP — Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
• RH — Radiation Hybrid
• RLGS — Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning
• SASE — Sample Sequencing
• SBH — Sequencing By Hybridization
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• SCAN — Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program
• SCE — School of Continuing Education
• SCI — Society of Chemical Industry
• SCW — Single-chromosome Workshop
• SDC — San Diego Conference
• SERGG — Southeast Regional Genetics Group
• SHOM — Sequencing By Hybridization On Matrices
• SIAM — Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics
• SIB — Society For Industrial Biology
• SIM — Society For Industrial Microbiology
• SIMS — Societal Institute of The Mathematical Sciences
• SIVB — Society For In Vitro Biology
• SNL — Sandia National Laboratory
• SNP — Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
• SNRNP — Small Nuclear Ribonucleo Protein Particle
• SQL — Standard Query Language
• SSLP — Single-sequence Length Polymorphism
• SSR — Simple Sequence Repeat
• STM — Scanning Tunneling Microscope
• STRP — Short Tandem Repeat Polymorphism
• STS — Sequence-tagged Site
• SULS — Suffolk Univ. Law School
• TCR — T-cell Receptor
• TIGR — The Inst. For Genomic Research
• TIGR/NIST — The Inst. For Genomic Res./Natl. Inst. of Standards And Technol.
• UC — University of California
• UCB — University of California
• UCLA — University of California
• UICM — Univ. of Illinois College of Medicine
• UMBC — University of Maryland
• UMDS — United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. of London)
• UNC — University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational
• USDA — U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
• UT — University of Tennessee