Acronymology

Acronymology

ac.ro.nym.o.logy \'ak-r*-.nim'a:l-*-je-\ n [acr- + -onym (as in homonym), + -logie -logy]] : the study of words (as radar, snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term.

We are the Molecular Information Theory Group, in the Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory (GRCBL), Center for Cancer Research (CCR) a part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), in the campus of the NCI-Frederick, Frederick County Frederick Maryland 21702, USA, earth, solar system, milky way galaxy. universe. NIH is part of the Department of Health and Human Services of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, USA.

That is we are: MIT, GRCBL, CCR, NCI, NCI-Frederick, NIH, DHHS, Executive Branch, USA. ;-)

See also: YABA!

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Small icon for Theory of Molecular Machines: physics,
chemistry, biology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory,
genetic engineering, sequence logos, information theory,
electrical engineering, thermodynamics, statistical
mechanics, hypersphere packing, gumball machines, Maxwell's
Daemon, limits of computers
Schneider Lab
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origin: before 1995 Oct 8
updated: 2011 Aug 10