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Masako Osumi is affiliated with Japan Women's University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable emphasis on molecular biology, biomedical engineering, cell biology, food science, and structural biology.

Their recent research publications cover a range of topics related to fungal and yeast genetics, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, fermentation and sensory analysis, advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications, biofuel production and bioconversion, and polysaccharides and plant cell walls.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Ultrastructural analysis in yeast reveals a meiosis-specific actin-containing nuclear bundle" (2021, Communications Biology)
  • "Inhibition of cell membrane ingression at the division site by cell walls in fission yeast" (2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell)
  • "Comprehensive metabolic profiling of Geotrichum candidum and comparison with Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (2023, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering)
  • "A cryo-TSEM with temperature cycling capability allows deep sublimation of ice to uncover fine structures in thick cells" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Development of a New cryo-S(T)EM Technique Allowing Simultaneous STEM and SEM Imaging and its Application to Biological Samples" (2021, Research Square)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Masako Osumi include:

  • Mohan K. Balasubramanian
  • Ting Gang Chew
  • Tzer Chyn Lim
  • Yumi Osaki
  • Junqi Huang

Their work has been published in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Enhanced salt tolerance mediated by AtHKT1 transporter-induced Na unloading from xylem vessels to xylem parenchyma cells.

    Sunarpi;Tomoaki Horie;Jo Motoda;Masahiro Kubo

  • Two Distinct Pathways for Targeting Proteins from the Cytoplasm to the Vacuole/Lysosome

    Misuzu Baba;Masako Osumi;Sidney V. Scott;Daniel J. Klionsky

  • The ultrastructure of yeast: Cell wall structure and formation

    Masako Osumi

  • Three-dimensional arrangement of F-actin in the contractile ring of fission yeast

    Tomoko Kamasaki;Tomoko Kamasaki;Masako Osumi;Issei Mabuchi

  • Catalase Activities of Hydrocarbon-utilizing Candida Yeasts

    Yutaka Teranishi;Atsuo Tanaka;Masako Osumi;Saburo Fukui

  • Construction of a starch-utilizing yeast by cell surface engineering.

    Toshiyuki Murai;Mitsuyoshi Ueda;Midori Yamamura;Haruyuki Atomi

  • Degradation and Turnover of Peroxisomes in the Yeast Hansenula polymorpha Induced by Selective Inactivation of Peroxisomal Enzymes

    Marten Veenhuis;Anneke Douma;Willem Harder;Masako Osumi

  • In situ localization of beta-glucans in the cell wall of Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    Bruno M. Humbel;Mami Konomi;Tomoko Takagi;Naomi Kamasawa

  • Effects of hydrostatic pressure on the ultrastructure and leakage of internal substances in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Shoji Shimada;Masayasu Andou;Nobuko Naito;Naoko Yamada

  • Analysis of the membrane structures involved in autophagy in yeast by freeze-replica method.

    Misuzu Baba;Masako Osumi;Yoshinori Ohsumi

  • Loss of cell wall alpha(1-3) glucan affects cryptococcus neoformans from ultrastructure to virulence

    Amy J. Reese;Aki Yoneda;Julia A. Breger;Anne Beauvais

  • COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODS FOR EXTRACTION OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA FROM HUMAN PATHOGENIC YEASTS

    Yohko Yamada;Koichi Makimura;Hossain Merhendi;Kumiko Ueda

  • Ultrastructure ofCandida yeasts grown onn-alkanes

    Masako Osumi;Naoto Miwa;Yutaka Teranishi;Atsuo Tanaka

  • Microbody of Methanol-Grown Yeasts

    Saburo Fukui;Susumu Kawamoto;Shigeki Yasuhara;Atsuo Tanaka

  • Augmin-dependent microtubule nucleation at microtubule walls in the spindle

    Tomoko Kamasaki;Eileen O’Toole;Shigeo Kita;Masako Osumi

  • Aberrant chloroplasts in transgenic rice plants expressing a high level of maize NADP-dependent malic enzyme.

    Yuu Takeuchi;Hiromori Akagi;Naomi Kamasawa;Masako Osumi

  • Development of microbodies in candida tropicalis during incubation in a n-alkane medium.

    Masako Osumi;Fusako Fukuzumi;Yutaka Teranishi;Atsuo Tanaka

  • PEROXISOMES OF ALKANE‐GROWN YEAST FUNDAMENTAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS

    Atsuo Tanaka;Masako Osumi;Saburo Fukui

  • Modification of a ubiquitin-like protein Paz2 conducted micropexophagy through formation of a novel membrane structure.

    Hiroyuki Mukaiyama;Misuzu Baba;Misuzu Baba;Masako Osumi;Satoshi Aoyagi

  • The (1,3)β-D-glucan synthase subunit Bgs1p is responsible for the fission yeast primary septum formation

    Juan Carlos G. Cortés;Mami Konomi;Ivone M. Martins;Javier Muñoz

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsuo Tanaka
Atsuo Tanaka Kyoto University
Mitsuyoshi Ueda
Mitsuyoshi Ueda Kyoto University
Hideyo Yamaguchi
Hideyo Yamaguchi Teikyo University
Saburo Fukui
Saburo Fukui Kyoto University
Haruyuki Atomi
Haruyuki Atomi Kyoto University
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Pilar Pérez
Pilar Pérez University of Salamanca
Tatsuo Kurihara
Tatsuo Kurihara Kyoto University
Mohan K. Balasubramanian
Mohan K. Balasubramanian University of Warwick
Koichi Makimura
Koichi Makimura Teikyo University

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