PLEASE NOTE: As usual at the beginning of each month, the latest update of the complete Specs Compound Library is available via the specs.net website.
Just login using your personal account details and download the library from the Available Databases directory on the 'Upload/Download' page. You have the choice to download our latest full libraries of Screening Compounds, Building
Blocks, Natural Products, Pre-plated Libraries and special libraries like the ExAcD library. Our libraries are stored in compressed SD-file format.
In case you don't have a personal account yet or would like an additional account for your colleague, just register as new user and within 48 hours you
will receive your personal login data. For more information on compounds available in smaller quantities (minimum amount 1 mg), requests on larger quantities then currently available or special libraries like the
Exciting Academic database (ExAcD) ,World Diversity set or a quote for a Consortium database, please do not hesitate to contact our sales department: info@specs.net
On Thursday March 16th 2023, starting at 07.30h CET, the main database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 90 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication services...
Please note that the TLS certificate for the specs.net domain was renewed For automated procedures connecting to our file-transfer or other web-servers, it might be necessary to manually accept or install the updated certificate for communications so please check this carefully in order to ensure and maintain your connectivity to the Specs.net servers. In case of questions or issues with respect to the renewed webserver certificate please...
As usual at the beginning of each month, the latest update of the complete Specs Compound Library is available via the Specs.net website. Just login using your personal account details and download the library from the Available Databases directory on the 'Upload/Download' page. The March 2023 Compound Library release includes the following libraries: - Screening Compounds (10 mg and more): 202,539 compounds - Building Blocks: 8,751...
We will be attending the SLAS2023: Innovation Accelerated meeting on February 25 - March 1 at the San Diego Convention Center, 111 Harbor Drive in San Diego, CA, USA. Our colleagues David A. Hayes, Johan Tijhuis and Tamara Baptist are looking forward to meeting you at booth 2630. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront...
As usual at the beginning of each month, the latest update of the complete Specs Compound Library is available via the Specs.net website. Just login using your personal account details and download the library from the Available Databases directory on the 'Upload/Download' page. The February 2023 Compound Library release includes the following libraries: - Screening Compounds (10 mg and more): 202,294 compounds - Building Blocks: 8,747...
We are happy to announce that the compound storage contract between Specs and the Swiss based not-for-profit public-private partnership Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) has been extended until December 2025. MMV started their official collaboration with Specs in 2013 and we are looking forward to strengthening our collaboration in the next 3...
We will be attending the Lunteren National Symposium on Organic Chemistry on March 30-31, 2023 at Hotel de Werelt in Lunteren, The Netherlands. Our colleagues Nanda de Klerk, Dennis Piet, Tom Speksnijder and Mitchell Platteschorre are looking forward to meeting you. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront via info@specs.net...
On Thursday January 19th 2023, starting at 07.30h CET, the main database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication...
As usual at the beginning of each month, the latest update of the complete Specs Compound Library is available via the Specs.net website. Just login using your personal account details and download the library from the Available Databases directory on the 'Upload/Download' page. The January 2023 Compound Library release includes the following libraries: - Screening Compounds (10 mg and more): 202,596 compounds - Building Blocks: 8,759...
On Thursday December 15th 2022, starting at 07.30h CET, the main database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication...
Specs will close for the holidays after Friday, December 23th and recommence normal operations on Monday, January 2nd. The final shipment date of 2022 will be Wednesday, December 21st. Please plan your shipping requests accordingly. Please also take into consideration potential, volume related shipping delays and your institution’s ability to receive deliveries during this period. Thank you for choosing Specs! From all of us, we wish you...
As usual at the beginning of each month, the latest update of the complete Specs Compound Library is available via the Specs.net website. Just login using your personal account details and download the library from the Available Databases directory on the 'Upload/Download' page. The December 2022 Compound Library release includes the following libraries: - Screening Compounds (10 mg and more): 202,674 compounds - Building Blocks: 8,761...
On Thursday November 17th 2022, starting at 07.30h CET, the main database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication...
On Thursday October 20th 2022, starting at 07.30h CET, the main database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication...
On Monday October 10th 2022, starting at 16.00h CET, the main servers of Specs in The Netherlands will be unreachable for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance job. During this maintenance period, the impact will apply to all servers in The Netherlands, which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our servers and their related communication services hosted by Specs in The...
On Thursday September 29th 2022, starting at 07.30h CET, the main database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication...
As usual at the beginning of each month, the latest update of the complete Specs Compound Library is available via the Specs.net website. Just login using your personal account details and download the library from the Available Databases directory on the 'Upload/Download' page. The September 2022 Compound Library release includes the following libraries: - Screening Compounds (10 mg and more): 208,957 compounds - Building Blocks: 8,778...
We will be attending the SLAS 2022 Americas Sample Management Symposium on September 15-16, 2022 at the Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA, USA. Our colleagues David A. Hayes, Johan Tijhuis and Tamara Baptist are looking forward to meeting you there. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront via info@specs.net....
On Thursday July 28th 2022, starting at 07.30h CET, the main database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication services...
The Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Research Horizons (CRH) extend their contract with Specs for another 5 years We are happy to announce that the compound storage and liquid handling contract between Specs and the UK based Institute of Cancer research (ICR) and Cancer Research Horizons (CRH) has been extended until July 2027. ICR and CRH started their official collaboration with Specs in 2012 and we are looking forward to...
We will be attending the LabAnalyse 2022 event on June 16th, 2022 at venue 'De Kuip' in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Our colleague Nanda de Klerk is looking forward to meeting you. Feel free to arrange a meeting with her upfront via info@specs.net. ...
On Tuesday May 24th 2022, starting at 07.30h CET, the main database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication services...
We will be attending the SLAS Europe 2022 Conference and Exhibition on May 24-27, 2022 at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland. Our colleagues David A. Hayes, Tamara Baptist and Johan Tijhuis are looking forward to meeting you at booth K3. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront via info@specs.net. ...
Please note that due to a number of Public Holidays, Specs Head Office in the Netherlands will be closed on the following dates in May:Thursday May 26th - Ascension HolidayFriday May 27th - Specs Head Office closedMonday June 6th - Whit Monday HolidayWe will not be able to receive, process and ship orders on this date. Please, kindly plan your orders taking into consideration this information. We apologize for any inconvenience this may...
We will be attending the ELRIG event 'Advances in cell based screening 2022' on May 10-12th in Gothenburg, Germany. Our sales manager for Europe, Tamara Baptist and our CEO, Johan Tijhuis are looking forward to meeting you. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront via info@specs.net...
Please note that due to the Public Holiday King's Day, on April 27'th, Specs Head Office in the Netherlands will be closed. We will not be able to receive, process and ship orders on this date. Please, kindly plan your orders taking into consideration this information. We apologize for any inconvenience this may...
Please note that due to the Easter Holiday, Specs Head Office in The Netherlands will be closed on Monday the 18th of April. On Tuesday the 19th of April we will recommence our operations as usual. Feel free to leave a message on our voicemail, contact one of our other worldwide offices or contact us via the email address info@specs.net....
On Thursday April 14th 2022, starting at 07.30h CET, the database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication services...
We will be attending the LifeScience event 2022 on April 5th, 2022 at the Corpus Congress center in Leiden, The Netherlands. Our colleagues Tamara Baptist and Peter Maas are looking forward to meeting you. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront via info@specs.net ...
We will be attending the Wageningen International Symposium on Organic Chemistry on April 7-8, 2022 at the ReeHorst congress center in Ede, The Netherlands. Our colleagues Dennis Piet, Tom Speksnijder, Maria Braun Cornejo and Vincent De Vries are looking forward to meeting you. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront via info@specs.net...
Please note that the TLS certificate for the specs.net domain was renewed For automated procedures connecting to our file-transfer or other web-servers, it might be necessary to manually accept or install the updated certificate for communications so please check this carefully in order to ensure and maintain your connectivity to the Specs.net...
On Thursday March 24th 2022, starting at 07.30h CET, the database and webservers of Specs in both the USA and The Netherlands will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: All functionality of our webservers and their related communication services...
Phenotypic screening is a powerful tool for identifying novel small molecules as probes and potential therapeutics as well as for identifying genetic regulators of many biological processes. The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts have developed Cell Painting, a broadly applicable high-content image-based assay for accessing the valuable biological information about cellular response to treatments such as drug or...
On February 23th, starting at 19.30h CET, all internet connections of Specs will be down for an (expected) maximum of 10 minutes period due to a very urgent unscheduled maintenance job. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to all internet connections which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: Functionality of the customer extranet (web)servers and their related communication services hosted by Specs...
On Friday February 4th 2022, starting at 04.00h EST, the database servers of Specs in the USA will be down for an (expected) maximum 60 minutes period due to scheduled maintenance jobs. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to the database servers in the USA which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: Functionality of the customer extranet (web)servers and their related communication services hosted by...
We will be attending the SLAS2022 International Conference and Exhibition on February 5-9, 2022 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, MA, USA. Our colleagues David A. Hayes, Tamara Baptist and Johan Tijhuis are looking forward to meeting you at booth 527. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront via info@specs.net....
Specs will close for the holidays on Friday, December 24th and recommence normal operations on Monday, January 3rd. The final shipment date of 2021 will be Wednesday, December 22nd. Please plan your shipping requests accordingly. Please also take into consideration potential, volume related shipping delays and your institution’s ability to receive deliveries during this period. Thank you for choosing Specs, especially during this time of...
On Thursday November 18th, starting at 16.45h CET, some database servers of Specs will be down for an (expected) maximum 30 minutes period due to an urgent unscheduled maintenance job. During this maintenance period, the impact will be limited to 2 database servers which will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: Functionality of the customer extranet (web)servers and their related communication services hosted by Specs will be...
We will be attending the SLAS 2021 European Sample Management Hybrid Symposium on October 4-5, 2021, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin, Germany. Our colleagues David A. Hayes and Johan Tijhuis are looking forward to meeting you there. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront...
We will be attending the SLAS 2021 Americas Sample Management Symposium on September 9-10, 2021, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in La Jolla, CA, USA. Our colleagues David A. Hayes and Johan Tijhuis are looking forward to meeting you there. Feel free to arrange a meeting upfront via the email address info@specs.net....
The Specs Research Laboratory welcomes Vincent de Vries as a new intern from the Hogeschool Leiden. Vincent will be working on the MepAnti-project, tackling the antimicrobial resistance problem by targeting enzymes of the MEP pathway, together with PhD-candidate Maria Braun Cornejo. Together they will focus on the design and synthesis of inhibitors that permeate the gram negative bacteria’s double membrane. We hope you...
Please note that due to a number of Public Holidays, Specs Head Office in the Netherlands will be closed on the following dates in May:Thursday May 13th - Ascension HolidayFriday May 14th - Specs Head Office closedMonday May 24th - Whit Monday HolidayWe will not be able to receive, process and ship orders on this date. Please, kindly plan your orders taking into consideration this information. We apologize for any inconvenience this may...
Please note that due to the Public Holiday King's Day, on April 27'th, Specs Head Office in the Netherlands will be closed. We will not be able to receive, process and ship orders on this date. Please, kindly plan your orders taking into consideration this information. We apologize for any inconvenience this may...
Please note that due to the Easter Holiday, Specs Head Office in The Netherlands will be closed on Monday the 5th of April. On Tuesday the 6th of April we will recommence our operations as usual. Feel free to leave a message on our voicemail, contact one of our other worldwide offices or contact us via the email address...
Specs is becoming increasingly recognized by the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry as one of the leading companies for outsourced compound management services. We now routinely store and handle hundreds of thousands, to millions of compounds for several of the top 10 pharma companies, biotech, research organizations and NGO’s in dedicated, climate and humidity controlled Kardex Remstar storage systems. We have recently installed...
In December 2020, Maria Braun Cornejo started her PhD position at the Specs Research Laboratory on the MepAnti-project, tackling the antimicrobial resistance problem by targeting enzymes of the MEP pathway. Maria is one of the 12 PhD students in an interdisciplinary consortium of 11 academic and 6 non-academic partners funded by a Marie Curie fellowship. We trust she will have an exciting time and are very happy to have her on board....
The Specs head office will be closed during the Holiday Season from December 25th, 2020 until January 3rd, 2021. Please note that during the week of December 21st a slight delay with order deliveries might be possible. Starting from January 4th, 2021, we will recommence our operations and be pleased to provide you with our regular full services. Thank you for choosing Specs in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. From all of us, we wish you...
Due to the restrictions imposed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the ELRIGfr november conference will be a virtual event on November 6'th from 14h-15h CET. Meet our colleague Yulia Gerhardt-Tazikova, Business Development Manager Europe, during this on-line event. Feel free to arrange a meeting with her upfront via:...
Due to the restrictions imposed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Dutch life sciences conference will be a virtual event. Meet our colleague Yulia Gerhardt-Tazikova, Business Development Manager Europe, during this on-line event. Feel free to arrange a meeting with her upfront via:...
Fragment based drug discovery has become an important tool for finding hit compounds for difficult targets. The technique utilizes smaller than drug-like compounds to identify low potency, high quality leads. Libraries containing hundreds to thousands of compounds achieve similar coverage of chemical space as the millions required for the traditional high throughput screening campaigns. As one of the leading compound management and aggregation...
Due to the restrictions imposed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, ELRIG’s flagship conference Drug Discovery, now in its 14th year, will be a virtual event. Taking place over a 2 week period from 6 – 16 October 2020, you can now enjoy the usual world-class science and exhibition you would expect from our flagship conference but from the comfort of your own desktop to fit with your daily schedule! As with every year, however, Drug...
CPhI Festival of Pharma is an online event that was created to fill the gap left by in-person events at a time when travel and gatherings are off the cards. The 10-day event will bring the global pharma industry together, welcoming over 20,000 attendees and 700+ exhibitors, while offering you best-in-class networking, learning and sourcing opportunities – from the comfort of your home office. Meet our colleague Yulia Gerhardt-Tazikova,...
One of the major drawbacks of the current corona pandemic is that it has become increasingly more difficult for students from both community colleges (MBO) and college education institutes (HBO) to find a suitable internship position. Valuable hands-on experience during the student’s internship will help to develop a professional aptitude, strengthen personal character, and provide important connections in the field. Last August, two of...
Specs Chemical Services, Inc. of Cumberland, MD (subsidiary of Compound Handling, B.V. of Zoetermeer, The Netherlands) is sponsoring a team of six strong cyclists for the upcoming 3rd annual 3M Challenge bike race. This charity event raises awareness and money for maintenance and development of the Maryland portion of the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP), a popular and spectacular 150-mile rail-trail that extends from Cumberland to Pittsburgh, PA....
The ExAcD library is an unfiltered collection of compounds offered to us by academic and research institutes from all over the world. Due to our unique global acquisition program our off stream collection of compounds might be of interest to your research and screening projects. The chemistry offered is not generally accessible through other databases and can be downloaded exclusively via our website www.specs.net after logon to your personal...
We are proud to announce that Specs has become a full partner in the upcoming Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) MepAnti-project (Exploiting the methylerythritol phosphate pathway as a source of drug targets for novel anti-infectives). Within the interdisciplinary consortium of 11 academic and 6 non-academic partners there are 12 PhD positions available, one of which will be fulfilled at the Specs Research...
On Tuesday June 23'th 17:00h Dutch time (CEST), Specs' Internet services will be interrupted for a expected maximum of 30 minutes due to scheduled maintenance (hardware upgrades). During this maintenance period, some of our security hardware will be replaced and upgraded. Expected temporary impact: - Internet connections from and to Specs will be unavailable. - The specs.net web server will be unavailable - Customer extranet systems and other...
Please note that due to a number of Public Holidays, Specs Head Office in the Netherlands will be closed on the following dates in May and early June:Thursday May 21th - Ascension HolidayFriday May 22th - Specs Head Office closedMonday June 1st - Whit Monday HolidayWe will not be able to receive, process and ship orders on this date. Please, kindly plan your orders taking into consideration this information. We apologize for any inconvenience...
Please note that due to a number of Public Holidays, Specs Head Office in the Netherlands will be closed on the following dates in April and beginning of May: • Monday April 27th – King's Day • Tuesday May 5th – Liberation Day We will not be able to receive, process and ship orders on those dates. Please, kindly plan your orders taking into consideration this information. We apologize...
In November 2019, Specs announced the launch of a Drug Repurposing Library, serving a consortium of 5 drug discovery organizations in 3 different countries. The application of existing drugs for use in a different disease reduces costs and development time and, since these drugs already have successfully passed clinical trials, detailed information on their pharmacology, formulation, dose, and potential toxicity is available. Drawing...
Please note that due to the Easter Holiday, Specs Head Office in The Netherlands will be closed on Monday the 13th of April. On Tuesday the 14th of April we will recommence our operations as usual. Feel free to leave a message on our voicemail, contact one of our other worldwide offices or contact us via the email address...
Last Sunday the Dutch government announced far-reaching measures to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus for the next 3 weeks. At Specs we will do our best to continue providing our services and keep up with our SLA’s and quality standards like before. However, this new situation might result in a slight delay in order deliveries. We will do our best to minimize delays, keep monitoring the developments and communicate possible...
Specs will attend the HDDC 2020: 3rd Helmholtz Drug Discovery Conference in Braunschweig, Germany. Furthermore, we will co-organize a Pre-Conference workshop on the ‘Broad repurposing library’, together with Fraunhofer IME, Helmholtz HZI and EU-OPENSCREEN. Here, Peter Maas, Manager Lead Development and Yulia Gerhardt-Tazikova, Business Development Manager Europe, will talk about challenges in assembling a drug repurposing library,...
Event cancelled Due to Spread of COVID-19 Due to travel restrictions and other precautions related to the global spread of COVID-19, SLAS has officially cancelled the symposium on March 16-17 in Berlin. We hope to see you soon at the next SLAS Event (SLAS2020 Europe in Vienna in June and SLAS ASM Compound Management in Boston in November 2020).- SILVER SPONSOR OF THE CONFERENCE -Being a leading compound management company with fully...
Meet our Business Development Manager Yulia Gerhardt on this event. Feel free to arrange a meeting with her upfront via...
Meet our Business Development Manager Yulia Gerhardt on this conference. Feel free to arrange a meeting with her upfront via...
On Tuesday January 7th, starting at 16.00h CET, Specs' e-mail and web servers will be down for an (expected) maximum 3 hour period due to a major power line modification in the building. During this maintenance period, all IT related systems will be temporary unavailable. Expected temporary impact: E-mail and (Web)servers hosted by Specs will be unavailable for a maximum of 3 hours. This includes all customer extranet systems and other web...
On December 21st, the compound handling activities of Specs will be featured on the RTLZ television show 'How it's Done'. This show is all about inspiring stories of entrepreneurs from different professions and industries. The viewer will be given an insight into the development, novelties and opportunities of the highlighted company. ‘How it’s done’ focusses on both known and niche segments of the market with the emphasis on...
The Specs head office will be closed during the holiday season from December 24th 2019 to January 1st 2020. Please, note that during the last week of December a slight delay with order deliveries might be possible. Starting from January 2nd 2020, we will recommence our operations and be pleased to provide you with our regular full...
Specs is becoming increasingly recognized by the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry as one of the leading companies for outsourced compound management services. We now routinely store and handle hundreds of thousands, to millions of compounds for several of the top 10 pharma companies, biotech, research organizations and NGO’s in dedicated, climate and humidity controlled Kardex Remstar storage systems.In addition to building yet...
On the 28th of November Specs has been awarded a Quality Certificate 2019 from the Dutch Mibiton Foundation meaning recognition of Specs outsourced compound management business for life science customers. Read the article on the Mibiton website here....
Meet our colleague from the India - Pune office, Dr. Rajender Dahiya on this conference. Feel free to arrange a meeting with him upfront via...