Dr Leighann Sherry

Lecturer in Microbiology (Bacteriology)

telephone: 0141 330 7531
email: Leighann.Sherry@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

B208, Sir Graeme Davies Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0493-6135

Publications

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Number of items: 49.

2025

Hunter, L., McDonald, L., Alexander, J., Brown, E., Tosh, H., Clark, L. and Sherry, L. (2025) Building a Sustainable Future: how to Redesign and Reduce Waste in the Microbiology Curriculum. Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2025, Liverpool, UK, 31st Mar - 3rd Apr 2025.

2024

Sherry, L. , Errico, L., Gatt, Z. and Veitch, N. (2024) Decolonising Microbiology: Re-envisioning a More Inclusive Scientific Future. Glasgow Microbiology Collective 2024, Glasgow, UK, 23-23 Aug 2024.

Semp, M., McLean, S. and Sherry, L. (2024) Is Language a Barrier for Engaging a Linguistically Diverse Primary School in Microbiology? Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2024, Edinburgh, UK, 08-11 Apr 2024.

Sherry, L. , Alam, M. , Mcgregor, A. and Stubbs, F. (2024) Flash Talk: LinkedIn To Get In: Evaluating the Impact of LinkedIn Groups on Undergraduate Career Awareness and Confidence in Networking. Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2024, Edinburgh, UK, 08-11 Apr 2024.

Sherry, L. (2024) Decolonising the Microbiology Curricula at the University of Glasgow. Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2024, Edinburgh, UK, 08-11 Apr 2024.

2023

McIntyre, K. , Sherry, L. , Stapleton, G. , Latkovskis, I., McDonnell, N. , Nibbs, R. , Douce, G. and Milling, S. (2023) Can Virtual Reality (VR) enhance students’ learning experience? Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 11(3), pp. 3-9. (doi: 10.56433/jpaap.v11i3.573)

Stapleton, G. , McIntyre, K. , Sherry, L. , Douce, G. , Milling, S. , Nibbs, R. , Latkovskis, I., Donald, C. and McDonnell, N. (2023) ‘I felt as if I was there’ - Can Virtual Reality (VR) Enhance Students’ Learning Experience of Immunology Teaching? AMEE Glasgow 2023, Glasgow, UK, 26-30 August 2023.

McIntyre, K. , Stapleton, G. , Sherry, L. , Donald, C. , Milling, S. , Nibbs, R. , Douce, G. , Latkovskis, I. and McDonnell, N. (2023) ‘I felt as if I was there’ - Can Virtual Reality (VR) Enhance Students’ Learning Experience of Immunology Teaching? 16th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 29 Mar 2023. (Unpublished)

2022

Abduljalil, H., Bakri, A., Albashaireh, K., Alshanta, O. A., Brown, J. L. , Sherry, L. , Kean, R., Nile, C. , McLean, W. and Ramage, G. (2022) Screening the Tocriscreen™ bioactive compound library in search for inhibitors of Candida biofilm formation. APMIS: Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, 130(9), pp. 568-577. (doi: 10.1111/apm.13260) (PMID:35791082)

Brown, J. L. , Short, B., Ware, A., Sherry, L. , Kean, R. and Ramage, G. (2022) Cell viability assays for Candida auris. In: Lorenz, A. (ed.) Candida auris. Series: Methods in molecular biology (2517). Humana: New York, pp. 129-153. ISBN 9781071624166 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2417-3_10)

Errico, L., Gatt, Z., Sherry, L. and Veitch, N. (2022) Decolonising the Life Science Curricula at the University of Glasgow. Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2022, Belfast, UK, 04-07 Apr 2022.

Errico, L., Gatt, Z., Sherry, L. and Veitch, N. (2022) Decolonising the Life Science Curricula at the University of Glasgow. 15th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 29 Mar 2022.

McGregor, A. , Sherry, L. , Price, K. , Le Vin, A. , Stubbs, F., Boguslawska, Z. and Connor, K. (2022) LinkedIn to Get In: Increasing student awareness and confidence in professional networking through embedding LinkedIn into undergraduate bioscience course. 15th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 29 Mar 2022.

2021

McKloud, E. et al. (2021) Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a dynamic interkingdom biofilm disease of Candida and Lactobacillus. mSystems, 6(4), e00622-21. (doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00622-21) (PMID:34374560) (PMCID:PMC8407231)

2020

Eng, H. L., McQuilken, S., Ferguson, E. and Sherry, L. (2020) Computer Based Exams with TestReach. 13th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 25 Aug 2020.

2019

Delaney, C. et al. (2019) Interkingdom interactions on the denture surface: implications for oral hygiene. Biofilm, 1, 100002. (doi: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2019.100002) (PMID:32201858) (PMCID:PMC7067236)

Sherry, L. (2019) Bringing Biofilms to the Masses. 6th European Congress on Biofilms (Eurobiofilms 2019), Glasgow, UK, 03-06 Sep 2019.

Short, B., Brown, J. , Delaney, C., Sherry, L. , Williams, C., Ramage, G. and Kean, R. (2019) Candida auris exhibits resilient biofilm characteristics in vitro: implications for environmental persistence. Journal of Hospital Infection, 103(1), pp. 92-96. 31226270. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.06.006)

Ramage, G. et al. (2019) Impact of frequency of denture cleaning on microbial and clinical parameters - a bench to chairside approach. Journal of Oral Microbiology, 11(1), 1538437. (doi: 10.1080/20002297.2018.1538437) (PMID:30598732) (PMCID:PMC6225516)

2018

Kean, R., McKloud, E., Townsend, E. M., Sherry, L. , Delaney, C., Jones, B. L., Williams, C. and Ramage, G. (2018) The comparative efficacy of antiseptics against Candida auris biofilms. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 52(5), pp. 673-677. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.05.007) (PMID:29775686)

Kean, R., Delaney, C., Sherry, L. , Borman, A., Johnson, E. M., Richardson, M. D., Rautemaa-Richardson, R., Williams, C. and Ramage, G. (2018) Transcriptome assembly and profiling of Candida auris reveals novel insights into biofilm-mediated resistance. mSphere, 3, e00334-18. (doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00334-18) (PMID:29997121) (PMCID:PMC6041501)

Kean, R., Sherry, L. , Townsend, E., McKloud, E., Short, B., Akinbobola, A., MacKay, W.G., Williams, C., Jones, B.L. and Ramage, G. (2018) Surface disinfection challenges for Candida auris: an in-vitro study. Journal of Hospital Infection, 98(4), pp. 433-436. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.11.015) (PMID:29203448)

Kean, R., Delaney, C., Rajendran, R., Sherry, L. , Metcalfe, R., Thomas, R., McLean, W. , Williams, C. and Ramage, G. (2018) Gaining insights from Candida biofilm heterogeneity: one size does not fit all. Journal of Fungi, 4(1), 12. (doi: 10.3390/jof4010012) (PMID:29371505) (PMCID:PMC5872315)

2017

Akinbobola, A., Sherry, L. , Mckay, W. G., Ramage, G. and Williams, C. (2017) Tolerance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in in vitro biofilms to high level peracetic acid disinfection. Journal of Hospital Infection, 97(2), pp. 162-168. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.06.024) (PMID:28648453)

Sherry, L. , Kean, R., McKloud, E., O'Donnell, L. E., Metcalfe, R., Jones, B. L. and Ramage, G. (2017) Biofilms formed by isolates from recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis patients are heterogeneous and insensitive to fluconazole. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61(9), e01065-17. (doi: 10.1128/AAC.01065-17) (PMID:28696240) (PMCID:PMC5571368)

Townsend, E. M., Sherry, L. , Kean, R., Hansom, D., Mackay, W. G., Williams, C., Butcher, J. and Ramage, G. (2017) Implications of antimicrobial combinations in complex wound biofilms containing fungi. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61(9), e00672-17. (doi: 10.1128/AAC.00672-17) (PMID:28696230)

Greetham, D., Lappin, D. F., Rajendran, R., O'Donnell, L., Sherry, L. , Ramage, G. and Nile, C. (2017) The application of phenotypic microarray analysis to anti-fungal drug development. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 134, pp. 35-37. (doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.01.004) (PMID:28082175)

Sherry, L. , Ramage, G. , Kean, R., Borman, A., Johnson, E. M., Richardson, M. D. and Rautemaa-Richardson, R. (2017) Biofilm-forming capability of highly virulent, multidrug-resistant Candida auris. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(2), pp. 328-331. (doi: 10.3201/eid2302.161320) (PMID:28098553)

O'Donnell, L. E., Alalwan, H. K. A., Kean, R., Calvert, G., Nile, C. J. , Lappin, D. J., Robertson, D. , Williams, C., Ramage, G. and Sherry, L. (2017) Candida albicans biofilm heterogeneity does not influence denture stomatitis but strongly influences denture cleansing capacity. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 66(1), pp. 54-60. (doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000419) (PMID:28032543)

2016

Stephen, A. S., Millhouse, E., Sherry, L. , Aduse-Opoku, J., Culshaw, S. , Ramage, G. , Bradshaw, D. J., Burnett, G. R. and Allaker, R. P. (2016) In vitro effect of Porphyromonas gingivalis methionine gamma lyase on biofilm composition and oral inflammatory response. PLoS ONE, 11(12), e0169157. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169157) (PMID:28033374) (PMCID:PMC5199072)

Townsend, E. M., Sherry, L. , Rajendran, R., Hansom, D., Butcher, J., Mackay, W. G., Williams, C. and Ramage, G. (2016) Development and characterisation of a novel three-dimensional inter-kingdom wound biofilm model. Biofouling, 32(10), pp. 1259-1270. (doi: 10.1080/08927014.2016.1252337) (PMID:27841027)

Rajendran, R. et al. (2016) Integrating Candida albicans metabolism with biofilm heterogeneity by transcriptome mapping. Scientific Reports, 6, 35436. (doi: 10.1038/srep35436) (PMID:27765942) (PMCID:PMC5073228)

Rajendran, R., Sherry, L. , Ashutosh, D., Johnson, E. M., Hanson, M. F., Williams, C., Munro, C., Jones, B. L. and Ramage, G. (2016) A prospective surveillance study of candidaemia: Epidemiology, risk factors, antifungal treatment and outcome in hospitalised patients. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 915. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00915) (PMID:27379047) (PMCID:PMC4910670)

Sherry, L. , Lappin, G., O'Donnell, L. E., Millhouse, E., Millington, O. R., Bradshaw, D. J., Axe, A. S., Williams, C., Nile, C. J. and Ramage, G. (2016) Viable compositional analysis of an eleven species oral polymicrobial biofilm. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 912. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00912) (PMID:27375612) (PMCID:PMC4902011)

Rajendran, R., Sherry, L. , Nile, C. , Sherriff, A. , Johnson, E., Hanson, M., Williams, C., Munro, C., Jones, B. and Ramage, G. (2016) Biofilm formation is a risk factor for mortality in patients with Candida albicans bloodstream infection – Scotland, 2012-2013. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 22(1), pp. 87-93. (doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.09.018) (PMID:26432192)

2015

O'Donnell, L. E., Millhouse, E., Sherry, L. , Kean, R., Malcolm, J. , Nile, C. J. , Ramage, G. and Munro, C. (2015) Polymicrobial candida biofilms: friends and foe in the oral cavity. FEMS Yeast Research, 15(7), fov077. (doi: 10.1093/femsyr/fov077) (PMID:26298018)

Borghi, E., Morace, G., Borgo, F., Rajendran, R., Sherry, L. , Nile, C. and Ramage, G. (2015) New strategic insights into managing fungal biofilms. Frontiers in Microbiology, (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01077)

2014

Shahzad, M., Sherry, L. , Rajendran, R., Edwards, C. A. , Combet, E. and Ramage, G. (2014) Utilising polyphenols for the clinical management of Candida albicans biofilms. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 44(3), pp. 269-273. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.05.017) (PMID:25104135)

Sherry, L. et al. (2014) Biofilms formed by Candida albicans bloodstream isolates display phenotypic and transcriptional heterogeneity that are associated with resistance and pathogenicity. BMC Microbiology, 14(1), p. 182. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-182)

Millhouse, E., Jose, A., Sherry, L. , Lappin, D. F., Patel, N., Middleton, A. M., Pratten, J., Culshaw, S. and Ramage, G. (2014) Development of an in vitro periodontal biofilm model for assessing antimicrobial and host modulatory effects of bioactive molecules. BMC Oral Health, 14(1), p. 80. (doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-80)

Rajendran, R., Sherry, L. , Lappin, D. F., Nile, C. J. , Smith, K., Williams, C., Munro, C. A. and Ramage, G. (2014) Extracellular DNA release confers heterogeneity in Candida albicans biofilm formation. BMC Microbiology, 14, 303. (doi: 10.1186/s12866-014-0303-6) (PMID:25476750) (PMCID:PMC4262977)

2013

Sherry, L. , Millhouse, E., Lappin, D. F., Murray, C., Culshaw, S. , Nile, C. J. and Ramage, G. (2013) Investigating the biological properties of carbohydrate derived fulvic acid (CHD-FA) as a potential novel therapy for the management of oral biofilm infections. BMC Oral Health, 13, p. 47. (doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-47)

Ramage, G. , Jose, A., Sherry, L. , Lappin, D. F., Jones, B. and Williams, C. (2013) Liposomal amphotericin B displays rapid dose-dependent activity against candida albicans biofilms. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 57(5), pp. 2369-2371. (doi: 10.1128/AAC.02344-12)

Vaidyanathan, S., Soni, B., Hughes, P., Ramage, G. , Sherry, L. , Singh, G. and Mansour, P. (2013) Candida albicans fungaemia following traumatic urethral catheterisation in a paraplegic patient with diabetes mellitus and candiduria treated by caspofungin. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2013(693480), (doi: 10.1155/2013/693480)

2012

Ramage, G. , Zalewska, A., Cameron, D. A., Sherry, L. , Murray, C., Finnegan, M. B., Loewy, Z. G. and Jagger, D. C. (2012) A comparative in vitro study of two denture cleaning techniques as an effective strategy for inhibiting candida albicans biofilms on denture surfaces and reducing inflammation. Journal of Prosthodontics, 21(7), pp. 516-522. (doi: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2012.00865.x)

Ramage, G. , Coco, B., Sherry, L. , Bagg, J. and Lappin, D. F.. (2012) In vitro candida albicans biofilm induced proteinase activity and SAP8 expression correlates with in vivo denture stomatitis severity. Mycopathologia, 174(1), pp. 11-19. (doi: 10.1007/s11046-012-9522-2)

Ramage, G. , Milligan, S., Lappin, D. F., Sherry, L. , Sweeney, P., Williams, C., Bagg, J. and Culshaw, S. (2012) Antifungal, cytotoxic, and immunomodulatory properties of tea tree oil and its derivative components: potential role in management of oral candidosis in cancer patients. Frontiers in Microbiology, 3, p. 220. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00220)

Ramage, G. , Rajendran, R., Sherry, L. and Williams, C. (2012) Fungal biofilm resistance. International Journal of Microbiology, 2012(528521), (doi: 10.1155/2012/528521)

Sherry, L. , Jose, A., Murray, C., Williams, C., Jones, B., Millington, O., Bagg, J. and Ramage, G. (2012) Carbohydrate derived fulvic acid: an in vitro investigation of a novel membrane active antiseptic agent against Candida albicans biofilms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 3, p. 116. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00116)

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