How can I convert plate reader measurements of Pichia pastoris OD to cells per ml?
From a technical perspective, for the FlopR package you mention (and I believe also for Jacob Beal's protocol) you can simply change the bead size and perform a new calibration. The only information that you need is the bead count at each point of your calibrant curve.
However, using calibration beads of a given size assumes that your cells will remain approximately the size of the beads for the duration of your experiment. We know that cell size and shape vary based on growth phase, antibiotics etc. [1] This can cause substantial misreporting of cell counts but is currently brushed under the carpet. I would suggest that if your Pichia change significantly in size or shape during their growth, it would be worth using a range of beads sizes and attempting to calibrate different growth phases of your samples against beads that correspond to cell size at during that phase.
[1] K. Stevenson, A. F. McVey, I. B. N. Clark, P. S. Swain, and T. Pilizota, “General calibration of microbial growth in microplate readers,” Sci. Rep., vol. 6, no. 1, p. 38828, Dec. 2016.