| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| CTLB | Center for Translational Lung Biology |
| CTLB | Center of Teaching and Learning in Biology |
| CTR | Connective Tissue Repair |
| CTSB | Control Theory and Systems Biology |
| CUBE | Collaborative Undergraduate Biology Education |
| CUBE | Creation Of Utopian Biological Entities |
| CUBIT | Combining Unit Biological Intelligence Technology |
| CVB | Cerebral Vascular Biology |
| CZBA | Canal Zone Biological Area (now Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) |
| DAB | Division of Aging Biology |
| DAH | differential adhesion hypothesis |
| DBBD | Developmental Biology of Birth Defects |
| DBBS | Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences |
| DBC | Developmental Biology Center |
| DBC | Digital to biological converter |
| DBI | Division of Biological Infrastructure |
| DBIG | Developmental Biology Interest Group |
| DBJC | Developmental Biology Journal Club |
| DBO | Distributed Biological Observatory |
| DBRM | Developmental Biology for Regenerative Medicine |