Kouichi Funato

This study shows that Lac1-dependent ceramide synthesis is essential for proper septum assembly and cell separation in fission yeast.

This study shows that Ire1-dependent Membrane Stress Responses (MSR) help yeast cells grow when inter-organelle contacts are disrupted by compensating for lipid metabolism defects and modulating Ca2+ signaling.

The paper identifies a transcriptional regulatory circuit that fine-tunes COPII vesicle transport in response to ER lipid composition changes.

The paper shows sphingolipids link TORC2 and TORC1 via vacuolar liquid-ordered domains, integrating signaling pathways across cellular compartments.

The study identifies TDA5 as the yeast ortholog of DHRSX, demonstrating conservation of the three-step detour pathway for dolichol biosynthesis in budding yeast.

This study shows that GPI lipid remodeling is essential for forming lipid domains that mediate lipophagy during glucose starvation in yeast.