▁Kin sey ▁was ▁director ▁and ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁gen et ics ▁of ▁am ino ▁acid ▁met abol ism ▁and ▁later ▁identified ▁the ▁trans pos on ▁" T ad " ▁in ▁a ▁Ne uro sp ora ▁cr assa ▁stra in ▁from ▁Ad iop od ou me , ▁I v ory ▁Coast . ▁At ▁U M K C , ▁Dr . ▁Michael ▁Pl am ann ▁who ▁worked ▁on ▁c yt os ke leton ▁dynamics ▁was ▁the ▁director .. ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Dr . ▁John ▁Les lie ▁of ▁the ▁Kansas ▁State ▁University ▁Department ▁of ▁Plant ▁Path ology ▁has ▁been ▁Director . ▁ ▁The ▁F G SC ▁has ▁had ▁three ▁cur ators ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁established . ▁William ▁( B ill ) ▁Og ata ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁cur ator , ▁serving ▁until ▁he ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Craig ▁Wilson ▁at ▁H umb old t . ▁Mr . ▁Wilson ▁moved ▁with ▁the ▁collection ▁to ▁Kansas ▁City ▁where ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁Dr . ▁Kevin ▁Mc Cl us key ▁became ▁the ▁cur ator . ▁Since ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁the ▁F G SC ▁hold ings ▁grew ▁from ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁stra ins ▁to ▁well ▁over ▁ 2 5 , 0 0 0 ▁stra ins . ▁Similarly , ▁best ▁practice ▁gu ides ▁for ▁culture ▁collections ▁became ▁available ▁and ▁were ▁integrated ▁into ▁the ▁F G SC ▁practices .. ▁ ▁Support ▁For ▁many ▁years ▁the ▁F G SC ▁was ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁US