2024-11-27T12:41:10-06:00 2024-06-30 061667465 PRAGER METIS CPAS LLC 14 PENN PLAZA SUITE 1800 NEW YORK NY 10122 990EZ 2023-07-01 831918238 THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT INC LEON 2123277917 JAUSUBEL 1230 YORK AVE BOX 234 NEW YORK NY 10065 JESSE H AUSUBEL PRESIDENT 6467996817 2024-11-27 1 0 TOVA PERETZ P01324285 2126430099 2024-11-26 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X WWW.THELEONARDODNAPROJECT.ORG X X 85000 X 85000 85000 27000 50103 77103 7897 59190 0 67087 59190 67087 59190 67087 0 0 59190 67087 X ENGAGED IN CHARITABLE AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES THE GOALS OF THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT ARE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION RELATED TO THE INTERFACES OF ART WITH MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, GENOMICS, MICROBIOLOGY, AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OF THE LEONARDO DA VINCI DNA PROJECT, INC. SINCE 30 JUNE 2023 0 0 REGARDING RESEARCH:-- IN THE AUTUMN OF 2023 TEAM MEMBERS SAMPLED MEDIEVAL LETTERS FROM DA VINCI FAMILY MEMBERS BELONGING TO THE ARCHIVES OF THE CITY OF PRATO, TUSCANY.-- IN THE SPRING OF 2024, AFTER A LENGTHY PROCESS TO OBTAIN PERMISSIONS, TEAM MEMBERS EXCAVATED BURIALS IN THE SANTA CROCE CHURCH IN VINCI AND OBTAINED SAMPLES.-- TEAM MEMBERS ANALYZED THE NEW SAMPLES AND CONTINUED ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES COLLECTED EARLIER AND ASSEMBLED MOLECULAR INFORMATION INTO A DATABASE REGARDING BOTH HUMAN AND MICROBIAL DNA.-- RESULTS FROM THE PROJECT UP TO OCTOBER 2023 WERE SUMMARIZED AND PRESENTED AT AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP IN FLORENCE IN OCTOBER. EXPERTS MADE 14 SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS, INCLUDING SEVERAL OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE ATTENDEES AT THE WORKSHOP ALSO PLANNED THE FUTURE OF THE PROJECT.-- MEETINGS, DISCUSSIONS, AND PLANNING CONTINUED WITH THE BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAA ABOUT TAKING SAMPLES IN ITS COLLECTION.-- LABORATORY WORK ON USE OF WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION FOR RECOVERING ANCIENT DNA FROM MIXED SAMPLES, OR SINGLE CELL ISOLATION AND AMPLIFICATION, CONTINUED. 0 0 REGARDING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH:-- ALESSANDRO VEZZOSI AND AGNESE SABATO COMPLETED A BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF LEONARDO'S FAMILY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF GENETICS AND GENEALOGY AND OBTAINED A PUBLISHER, WHO EXPECTS TO PRINT THE BOOK BEFORE THE END OF 2024.-- BIOLOGIST DAVID THALER COMPLETED AN ARTICLE ON GENETICS AND GENIUS IN RELATION TO LEONARDO AND OBTAINED ACCEPTANCE OF THE PAPER FOR PUBLICATION IN THE JOURNAL HUMAN EVOLUTION.-- THE PROJECT COORDINATOR PREPARED AN ANNUAL REPORT COVERING THE YEAR 2023 AND CIRCULATED IT TO THE INTERESTED COMMUNITY. 0 0 0 JESSE H AUSUBEL PRESIDENT 2.00 0 0 0 MARGUERITE MANGIN SECRETARY 10.00 0 0 0 ERIC RAYMAN TREASURER 0.50 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY JESSE H AUSUBEL 855 WEST END AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10025 6467996817 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 25000 75000 5000 100000 85000 290000 25000 75000 5000 100000 85000 290000 290000 290000 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: CONFERENCES. AMOUNT: 12,315. DESCRIPTION: LICENSES AND FEES. AMOUNT: 542. DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 3,139. DESCRIPTION: SAMPLING EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 7,252. DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL. AMOUNT: 26,855. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 50,103. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.