A-C
ABF – Agile BioFoundry
ABPDU – Advanced Biofuels & Bioproducts Process Development Unit
ALD – Associate Lab Director
ALS – Advanced Light Source
ALS-ENABLE – Advanced Light Source Efficiently Networking Advanced BeamLine Experiments
ALS-U – Advanced Light Source Upgrade
ARPA-E – Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
ASCR – Advanced Scientific Computing Research
B&R – Budget and Reporting
BCSB – Berkeley Center for Structural Biology
BER – Office of Biological & Environmental Research (part of the DOE Office of Science)
BES – Office of Basic Energy Sciences (part of the DOE Office of Science)
BioEPIC – Biological and Environmental Program Integration Center
BioGEM – Biological Genome Engineering and Manufacturing Facility
BRC – Bioenergy Research Center
BSBK – Biosciences Operations @ Berkeley (Bk)
BSE – Biological Systems and Engineering Divison
BSISB – Berkeley Synchrotron Infrared Structural Biology
CAS – Cost Accounting Standards
CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage
CD – Critical Decision (usually followed by a hyphen and number from zero to four)
CFO – Chief Financial Officer
CIMG – Critical Incident Management Group
CRADA – Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
CRISPR – Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
CRT – Computational Research and Theory Facility
CSA – Computing Sciences Area
CSGB – DOE BES Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, & Biosciences
Cryo-EM – Cryogenic Electron Microscopy/Electron Cryo-microscopy
D-F
DBC – Division Business Council
DDM – Division Directors Meeting
DEI – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
DOE – Department of Energy
EERE – DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EESA – Earth & Environmental Sciences Area
EGD – Energy Geosciences Division (part of the Earth & Environmental Sciences Area)
EGSB – Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology
EHS – Environment/Health/Safety
ENIGMA – Ecosystems and Networks Integrated with Genes and Molecular Assemblies Scientific Focus Area
EOC – Emergency Operations Center
eRFIC – Request for Issuance of Check (electronic)
ESA – Energy Sciences Area
ETA – Energy Technologies Area
ESE – Emery Station East
ESnet – Energy Sciences Network
ETA – Energy Technologies Area
ExComm – Biosciences Executive Committee
FACS – Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting
FAIR (Data Principles) – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
FAIR (Office @ LBNL) – Fundamental Rights, Affirmative Action, Impartial Investigations, Respectful Environment
FAIR (BER FOA) – Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research
FFRDC – Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
FMS – Financial Management System
FTE – Full-Time Equivalent
FVA – Foreign Visitors and Assignments
FWP – Field Work Proposal
FY – Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30)
G-L
G&A – General and Administrative
GAAP – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GRETA – Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array
GPL – General Purpose Lab (Building 33)
GSP – Genomic Science Program
GSRA – Graduate Student Research Assistant
HPC – High Performance Computing
IDEA – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accountability
IGB – Integrative Genomics Building
IGPP – Institutional General Plant Project
ILA – Inter-Location Appointment
IPA – Inter-Governmental Personnel Assignment
IRB – Institutional Review Board
ISM – Integrated Safety Management
IT – Information Technology
JBEI – Joint BioEnergy Institute
JCAP – Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
JGI – DOE Joint Genome Institute
JLT – JGI Leadership Team
KBase – DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase
LBNL – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LDAP – Berkeley Lab Identity
LDRD – Laboratory Directed Research and Development
LETS – Lab Employee Time System
LiSA – Liquid Sunlight Initiative
M-R
MBC – Molecular Biology Consortium
MBIB – Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging
m-CAFEs – Microbial Community Analysis & Functional Evaluation in Soils Scientific Focus Area
MFA – Multi-factor Authentication
MLA – Multiple Location Appointment
M&O – Management & Operating
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MSD – Materials Sciences Division
NCEM – National Center for Electron Microscopy
NCXT – National Center for X-ray Tomography
NERSC – National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
NIH – National Institutes of Health
NMDC – National Microbiome Data Collaborative
NPO – Nonprofit Organization
OCFO – Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Phenix – Python-based Hierarchical ENvironment for Integrated Xtallography
PCard – Procurement Card
PET Scanning – Positron Emission Tomography Scanning
PLF – Paid Leave Factor
PSA – Physical Sciences Area
PSPS – Public Safety Power Shutdown
RA – Resource Analyst
R&D – Research and Development
RD&T – Research, Development, and Technology
RSV – Reverse Site Visit
S-U
SAXS – Small Angle X-ray Scattering
S&S – Safeguard & Security
SBDR – Structural Cell Biology of DNA Repair Machines
SBIR/STTR – Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer
SERC – Solar Energy Research Center (Building 30)
SFA – Science Focus Area
SLI – Science Laboratories Infrastructure
SPP – Sponsored Partnership Projects
SPSA – Strategic Planning Support Activities
SIBYLS – Structurally Integrated Biology for Life Sciences
TEM – Transmission Electron Microscope
UC – University of California
UCOP – University of California Office of the President
UCRP – University of California Retirement Plan
If you believe an acronym is missing, please email bioscicomms@lbl.gov.
