Advancing Sight Network and the Precision Ocular Biobank

Advancing Sight Network (ASN) https://advancingsight.org/ is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization (Unique Entity ID NJJTPGMNC6S5 EIN: 63-0880135) and an accredited member of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) and its headquarters are registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a human tissue facility under FEI # 3001236642. ISNI ID is 0000 0004 0379 7094. Its affiliates operating in Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana are also accredited with the EBAA and registered with the FDA as human tissue facilities: Mississippi Lions Eye Bank FEI # 3000215041; MidSouth Eye Bank for Sight Restoration FEI # 1000524671; Southern Eye Bank FEI # 30001215034.

The Precision Ocular Biobank (POB) is a division of ASN specializing in biobanking and distributing ocular tissue for research. The POB is registered with the International Society of Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER), Biobanking and BioMolecular Resource Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC) and is certified through the Canadian Tissue Repository Network (CTRNet). The POB program (Protocol #20- POB-101) has been reviewed and approved (9/04/2020) by an independent Institutional Review Board, Pearl IRB (organization number: 0006471, registration number: 00007772). The POB is a registered, Pharma-approved supplier on Scientist.com. Authorization covers for-profit use as well as genetic studies.