Tim Sandle
@timsandle.bsky.social
Professor Tim Sandle, PhD. Pharmaceutical microbiologist and science journalist
As more companies are integrating Agentic AI, with claims of ‘agentic era,’ are needs to be taken with the issue of cybersecurity otherwise this phase of AI could open a door to criminals to strike at businesses www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
January 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
As more companies are integrating Agentic AI, with claims of ‘agentic era,’ are needs to be taken with the issue of cybersecurity otherwise this phase of AI could open a door to criminals to strike at businesses www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
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Natural #sunscreen found hidden in hot springs #bacteria ...
| #Cyanobacteria | #chlorophyll | #carotenoids | #phycobilins | By @timsandle.bsky.social via digitaljournal .com
| #Cyanobacteria | #chlorophyll | #carotenoids | #phycobilins | By @timsandle.bsky.social via digitaljournal .com
Natural sunscreen found hidden in hot springs bacteria
Extremophile microbes from hot springs may hold the secret to the next generation of natural, eco-friendly sunscreen.
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January 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Natural #sunscreen found hidden in hot springs #bacteria ...
| #Cyanobacteria | #chlorophyll | #carotenoids | #phycobilins | By @timsandle.bsky.social via digitaljournal .com
| #Cyanobacteria | #chlorophyll | #carotenoids | #phycobilins | By @timsandle.bsky.social via digitaljournal .com
The lowering of fines will do nothing other than add to the profits garnered by these companies and hence the moderate policies of the government are too tepid to push the sector towards achieving the necessary environmental reforms: www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The lowering of fines will do nothing other than add to the profits garnered by these companies and hence the moderate policies of the government are too tepid to push the sector towards achieving the necessary environmental reforms: www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
40 rules for working in cleanrooms - maybe there are more, less likely there are less. What do you think? Read my latest newsletter to find out!...and make a comment www.linkedin.com/pulse/40-rul...
40 rules for working in cleanrooms
Working in clean environments demands knowledge, discipline, motivation as well as a thorough understanding of contamination risks amongst all personnel involved. Each individual cleanroom should have...
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January 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM
40 rules for working in cleanrooms - maybe there are more, less likely there are less. What do you think? Read my latest newsletter to find out!...and make a comment www.linkedin.com/pulse/40-rul...
Hayato Sumino has shown his talents, from paying tribute in Hiroshima to captivating crowds at Carnegie Hall www.digitaljournal.com/entertainmen...
January 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Hayato Sumino has shown his talents, from paying tribute in Hiroshima to captivating crowds at Carnegie Hall www.digitaljournal.com/entertainmen...
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#People close to you influence your #gut #bacteria ...
| #genetics | #microbes | #microbiome | #DNA | By @timsandle.bsky.social via digitaljournal .com
| #genetics | #microbes | #microbiome | #DNA | By @timsandle.bsky.social via digitaljournal .com
People close to you influence your gut bacteria
Your genes may be shaping someone else’s gut bacteria through microbes you unknowingly share.
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December 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#People close to you influence your #gut #bacteria ...
| #genetics | #microbes | #microbiome | #DNA | By @timsandle.bsky.social via digitaljournal .com
| #genetics | #microbes | #microbiome | #DNA | By @timsandle.bsky.social via digitaljournal .com
FDA Issues Final Guidance For pH Adjuster Waiver Requests For Generic Drugs. The guidance sets out how the FDA intends to evaluate a request for a waiver for the standard requirements for qualitative or quantitative differences in pH adjusters: www.drugdeliveryleader.com/doc/fda-issu...
FDA Issues Final Guidance For pH Adjuster Waiver Requests For Generic Drugs
The FDA has issued a final guidance, Considerations for Waiver Requests for pH Adjusters in Generic Drug Products Intended for Parenteral, Ophthalmic, or Otic Use.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
FDA Issues Final Guidance For pH Adjuster Waiver Requests For Generic Drugs. The guidance sets out how the FDA intends to evaluate a request for a waiver for the standard requirements for qualitative or quantitative differences in pH adjusters: www.drugdeliveryleader.com/doc/fda-issu...
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Solidarity is at the heart of our movement.
That’s why I will always support healthcare workers in their fight to restore their pay, protect their patients and save our NHS.
That’s why I will always support healthcare workers in their fight to restore their pay, protect their patients and save our NHS.
December 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Solidarity is at the heart of our movement.
That’s why I will always support healthcare workers in their fight to restore their pay, protect their patients and save our NHS.
That’s why I will always support healthcare workers in their fight to restore their pay, protect their patients and save our NHS.
In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons!
Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit o...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
What Nature Teaches Us About Leading with Seasonal Intelligence www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/12/what...
What Nature Teaches Us About Leading with Seasonal Intelligence
biology, intelligence, science
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December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What Nature Teaches Us About Leading with Seasonal Intelligence www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/12/what...
New bacterial therapy destroys cancer without the immune system - A research team has created an innovative cancer treatment which uses a unique microbial partnership known as AUN, forming the foundation of an immune-independent bacterial therapy: www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/11/new-...
New bacterial therapy destroys cancer without the immune system
Immune system response
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November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
New bacterial therapy destroys cancer without the immune system - A research team has created an innovative cancer treatment which uses a unique microbial partnership known as AUN, forming the foundation of an immune-independent bacterial therapy: www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/11/new-...
Where are the UK's start-up problem regions? www.facilitiesmanagement-now.com/article/2357...?
Where are the UK's start-up problem regions?
Small businesses, on the start-up curve, struggle the most to survive in Rhondda Cynon Taf (Wales) over any other place in the UK, as a new study h...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Where are the UK's start-up problem regions? www.facilitiesmanagement-now.com/article/2357...?
A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes. The system captures both detailed structures and tiny moving particles at once, providing a more complete view of cellular behaviour www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
'Great Unified Microscope' reveals micro- and nano- worlds in a single view
A dual-light, label-free microscope exposes hidden micro-to-nano activity inside living cells.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A new dual-light microscope lets researchers observe micro- and nanoscale activity inside living cells without using dyes. The system captures both detailed structures and tiny moving particles at once, providing a more complete view of cellular behaviour www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
Phages As A Pharmaceutical: New EMA Guidance On Antimicrobial Drug Development. Read more: www.biosimilardevelopment.com/doc/phages-a...
Phages As A Pharmaceutical: New EMA Guidance On Antimicrobial Drug Development
The EMA has now issued a draft guidance on quality aspects of phage therapy medicinal products. Rising antimicrobial resistance has renewed interest in bacteriophages to fight pathogens.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Phages As A Pharmaceutical: New EMA Guidance On Antimicrobial Drug Development. Read more: www.biosimilardevelopment.com/doc/phages-a...
How to risk assess isolator glove management and assess failures. See: "The weakest link? Assessing isolator glove integrity failures": www.ejpps.online/post/the-wea...
The weakest link? Assessing isolator glove integrity failures
Peer Review Article | Open Access | Published 13th October 2023The weakest link? Assessing isolator glove integrity failures Tim Sandle, BPL | EJPPS | 283 (2023) | https://doi.org/10.37521/ejpps.28301...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
How to risk assess isolator glove management and assess failures. See: "The weakest link? Assessing isolator glove integrity failures": www.ejpps.online/post/the-wea...
This week’s microbiology article, from Tim Sandle, takes a look at bacteriophages - their history and the current status of phage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics: www.linkedin.com/pulse/bacter...
Bacteriophages: Emerging antibacterial therapies
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect (through injection of the viral genome into the bacterial cell cytoplasm), replicate, and can kill bacteria (primarily through lysis). There are thousands of bac...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This week’s microbiology article, from Tim Sandle, takes a look at bacteriophages - their history and the current status of phage therapy as an alternative to antibiotics: www.linkedin.com/pulse/bacter...
Plastic-eating bacteria discovered in the ocean. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular signature distinguishes enzymes capable of efficiently breaking down plastic: www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/11/plas...
Plastic-eating bacteria discovered in the ocean
Plastic eating bacteria
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November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Plastic-eating bacteria discovered in the ocean. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular signature distinguishes enzymes capable of efficiently breaking down plastic: www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/11/plas...
Free webinar - November 5, 2025, 2 p.m. (GMT) - Contamination Control Auditing for Microbiologists, with Tim Sandle.Audits can reveal hidden contamination risks if you know where to look. Learn what auditors focus on. Register here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/277...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Free webinar - November 5, 2025, 2 p.m. (GMT) - Contamination Control Auditing for Microbiologists, with Tim Sandle.Audits can reveal hidden contamination risks if you know where to look. Learn what auditors focus on. Register here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/277...
Rising Demand for Advanced Drug Delivery Systems to Propel Pharmaceutical Packaging Market Beyond USD 299 Billion by 2035 www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/10/risi...
Rising Demand for Advanced Drug Delivery Systems to Propel Pharmaceutical Packaging Market Beyond USD 299 Billion by 2035
Pharmaceutical packaging market
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October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Rising Demand for Advanced Drug Delivery Systems to Propel Pharmaceutical Packaging Market Beyond USD 299 Billion by 2035 www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/10/risi...
Tim Sandle takes 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
YouTube video by Tim Sandle
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October 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Tim Sandle takes 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...
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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October 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Free webinar - Microbiology awareness: Establishing the core competencies for manufacturing personnel. Effective microbiology training is key to contamination prevention: register.gotowebinar.com/register/720...
How Bamboo Products Cause a Reaction to Increase Sleep www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/10/how-...
How Bamboo Products Cause a Reaction to Increase Sleep
Bambbo health products
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October 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
How Bamboo Products Cause a Reaction to Increase Sleep www.pharmamicroresources.com/2025/10/how-...
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...
From Challenges to Solutions: Enhancing Automated Environmental Monitoring in Gloveless Isolators
Merck webinar life science
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October 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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...
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
Supercharging vinegar with nanotech to create novel antimicrobial
Vinegar can kill microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses and treat yeast infections. A new compoundenhances this mechanism further.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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