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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 6d

Free webinar - Microbiology awareness: Establishing the core competencies for manufacturing personnel. Effective microbiology training is key to contamination prevention: register.gotowebinar.com/register/720...

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How Bamboo Products Cause a Reaction to Increase Sleep

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 6d

How Bamboo Products Cause a Reaction to Increase Sleep www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/10/how-...

Bambbo health products

From Challenges to Solutions: Enhancing Automated Environmental Monitoring in Gloveless Isolators

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 10d

Free webinar - Join us for an engaging webinar that explores the latest advancements in automation within fill & finish processes, co-presented by industry leaders Merck, Groninger and Roche www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/10/from...

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Supercharging vinegar with nanotech to create novel antimicrobial

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 10d

A groundbreaking treatment that supercharges ordinary vinegar to help wounds heal faster and fight off infection has been developed www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science... #microbiology

Vinegar can kill microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses and treat yeast infections. A new compoundenhances this mechanism further.

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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 10d

EU GMP Chapter 1 revision: In this video I take a look at the revision to EU & PIC/S GMP Chapter 1, providing an overview of the key changes www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IUc...

EU GMP Chapter 1 revision

T Cell Engagers: Redefining Precision Therapy in Immuno-Oncology

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 17d

T Cell Engagers: Redefining Precision Therapy in Immuno-Oncology. Unlike conventional immunotherapies, which broadly stimulate or release the brakes on immune responses, T cell engagers act with surgical accuracy: www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/10/t-ce... #immunology

Unconventional immunotherapy

AI finds new antimicrobial with potential

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 17d

AI finds new antimicrobial with potential - enterololin, an antibacterial compound with targeted activity against Enterobacteriaceae species www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...

Algorithmic methods to antibiotic discovery are reaching a state of performance that can meaningfully influence how novel antibacterial molecules are discovered.

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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 17d

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 18d

This article takes a look at the myths and realities around A. flavus, from ancient Egyptian 'curses' to crop damage, ending in some positive news where the fungus is playing a role in cancer treatment: www.linkedin.com/pulse/cursed...

The cursed fungus: Aspergillus flavus - problem to solution?

Found in tombs like that of King Tut, Aspergillus flavus was once feared for its deadly spores. Now, the very same species could provide the basis for cancer treatment.

Microbiology Matters: Annex 1 & The Future of Contamination Control | Pharmig x Pharma Now

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 21d

Pharma Now × Pharmig proudly present this knowledge-packed session featuring two industry powerhouses: Professor Tim Sandle and Manish Bhatkar www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6cJ...

YouTube video by Pharma Now

The Science of Sweating During a Workout

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 23d

The Science of Sweating During a Workout www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/09/the-...

sweating and science

Microbiology/RMM In-Depth Focus 2025

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 28d

Microbiology/RMM In-Depth Focus 2025. This in-depth focus features articles on rapid microbiological methods, quality control, and using AI to read agar plates: www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/article/2651...

This in-depth focus features articles on rapid microbiological methods, quality control, and using AI to read agar plates.

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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 28d

FDA Issues New Guidance For Clinical Trial Dosage Of Oncology Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals www.clinicalleader.com/doc/fda-issu...

FDA Issues New Guidance For Clinical Trial Dosage Of Oncology Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals

The FDA has issued a draft guidance titled Oncology Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals: Dosage Optimization During Clinical Development and is accepting public comments through October 20, 2025.

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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · 29d

What to Know About Scientific Communication - At its core, the goal is to make complex findings accessible: www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/09/what... #science

What to Know About Scientific Communication

Science and communication

(PDF) Evaluating Pyrogen Contamination Risk and the Need for the MAT in Pharmaceutical Processing

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Sep 20

Evaluating Pyrogen Contamination Risk and the Need for the MAT in Pharmaceutical Processing www.researchgate.net/publication/...

PDF | Pyrogens are commonly divided into two classes: exogenous pyrogens, such as endotoxin from Gram-negative bacteria that induce fever when applied... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Sep 20

In this newsletter, Tim Sandle profiles the bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia – a nosocomial emerging pathogen and a problem for healthcare and pharmaceutical water systems: www.linkedin.com/pulse/ubiqui...

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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Sep 20

Free webinar -
What’s Lurking in the Water: Controlling Pharmaceutical Water Systems
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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Sep 15

Microbiology Matters: Annex 1 & The Future of Contamination Control. In an interactive fireside chat, Professor Tim Sandle, PhD, one of the world’s leading voices in pharmaceutical microbiology, will share insights on what’s changing www.pharmanow.live/pharma-event...

Join Pharma Now, in partnership with Pharmig UK, for its first-ever webinar, joined by some of the biggest names in the microbiology industry. Register now for free!

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Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Sep 14

This week’s article looks at some of the recent findings linked to biofilm formation in water distribution systems. This is with an emphasis on how biofilms are formed in relation to hydraulic conditions and what lessons can be drawn for system design: www.linkedin.com/pulse/water-...

Water microbiology: Hydraulics, plastics and biofilm development

Microorganisms in water systems will be found in one of four states: Planktonic cells, Initial surface attachment (not yet a biofilm), Biofilms, Cells, attached to loose deposits Biofilm development i...

Cleaning and disinfecting cleanrooms

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Sep 13

Cleaning and disinfecting cleanrooms (video). Tim Sandle looks at cleaning and disinfecting cleanrooms, as a means of achieving contamination control: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqCP...

Sterility, Sterilization and Sterility Assurance

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sterility, Sterilization and Sterility Assurance - introducing the second edition of Tim Sandle's new book www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaru...

Innovation with transparent antimicrobial coatings

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Aug 31

Innovation with transparent antimicrobial coatings www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/08/inno...

antimicrobial coatings

Bacterial spore resistance: Spotlight on hydrogen peroxide

Tim Sandle @timsandle.bsky.social · Aug 30

Article: Considering the effects of different processes on bacterial spores, focusing on hydrogen peroxide. The killing mechanism is from oxidative damage to key proteins in the spore's inner membrane. But why are some spores resistant? www.linkedin.com/pulse/bacter...

Many species of the orders Bacillales and Clostridiales form endospores. These remain dormant, and they are very resistant to decontamination and sterilization regimens.