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| Recent Events |
| Ken
Houk
elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, April
2010 |
| Ken Houk
wins Arthur C. Cope Award of the American Chemical Society,
February 2010 |
| Ken
Houk named Saul Winstein Chair in Organic Chemistry, July 2009 |
| Herb
Kaesz and Ken Houk named ACS Fellows, July 2009 |
| UCLA
appoints Ken Houk, Omar Yaghi, and Shimon Weiss to endowed
chairs, July 2009 |
| Ken
Houk interviewed in the ACS Organic Division Eminent Chemist
series, August 2008 |
| Houk65
Symposium - Computational Chemistry: Orgo, Bio, Nano, June 27-28,
2008 |
| NATURE/SCIENCE Papers Report Successful
Enzyme Design, March 2008 |
| Recent Journal Covers |
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| Training Grants |
| Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program |
| Materials Creation Training Program |
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| Computational Resources |
| Computer Resources |
| ATS |
| UCLA Grid Portal |
| Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| NCSA |
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| Welcome to the Houk Lab |
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| Research Interests |
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The Houk Group solves problems in organic and bio-organic chemistry
using theoretical and computational methods and programs. Theoretical predictions and designs of new reactions,
reagents, and catalysts are tested experimentally in the
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The Houk Group conducts research in the following areas:
- Prediction of active sites of enzymes
for non-natural reactions
- Understanding and design of stereoselective organic reactions and catalysts
- Pericyclic reaction mechanisms, rates, and synthetic applications
- Gating in proteins and synthetic hosts
- Exploring the origins of biological catalysis
- Reactive intermediates in biology and the atmosphere. Potential surfaces, dynamics, and solution simulations
- Molecular devices and structures and properties of organic materials
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