Research

Prospective Tissue and Sample Collection

Fulfilling your research project requirements – working with you

We will walk you through our application to help us understand your exclusions, required inclusions and project deadlines. With our fully customized service, coverage across four states, expertise in ophthalmology and biobanking, we can meet your exacting needs.

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“Precision Ocular Network has in fact provided all of our tissue used in my NIH-funded studies of aging and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) since 1991. This has led to a profound understanding of the disease progression”

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Dr. Christine Curcio, Proctor Medal Awardee, Emerita Professor, part-time, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Director, Age-Related Maculopathy Histopathology Laboratory

Eye Tissues and Biosamples

We are proficient at recovering and processing a wide variety of ocular samples, including, lens, retina, cornea, aqueous, vitreous, whole eyes, optic nerve, iris and more. We also can collect blood specimens for biomarker discovery and genetic analysis. Recovery and laboratory staff are highly trained to ensure quality of ocular samples.

Preservation Media and Methods

We are able to flash freeze any tissue or dissected sample and store at either -80°C or – 120°C until shipping. We can preserve your samples in a wide array of media and fixatives, including formalin, paraformaldehyde, glutaraldehyde-based, RNAlater, DMEM, PAXgene or your own proprietary media.

Donor Criteria

With our automated referral software, ReSync, we can match donor demographics, medical history to your specific exclusion and inclusion criteria.

› Adv Exp Med Biol. 2025:1468:505-509. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-76550-6 82.

Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Matching of Human Postmortem Donors to Ocular Research Projects

Gregory H Grossman 1, Thomas Cattell 1, Alyssa Abbott, Daniel Macintyre

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PMID: 39930245 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-76550-6_82