Gregory Weiss

The Speed King

Professor Greg Weiss and collaborators have developed a method of detecting cancer molecules within minutes, a breakthrough that could save lives

Sweat, tears lead to breakthrough

Chemist Greg Weiss’ personal loss motivates major new scientific work by him and others.

UCI scientists make leap forward for genetic sequencing

Research to lead to improved personalized medicine and understanding of evolution

UCI team that discovered how to unboil eggs awarded 2015 Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry

UCI chemist Greg Weiss and his team received the 2015 Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry Sept. 17 at the 25th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University. A parody of the Nobel Prizes, these humorous awards honor scientific research that “makes you laugh, then think.” Weiss’ Ig Nobel is in recognition of his group’s breakthrough technique of unboiling an egg with […]

UCI, fellow chemists find a way to unboil eggs

Irvine, Calif., Jan. 23, 2015 – UC Irvine and Australian chemists have figured out how to unboil egg whites – an innovation that could dramatically reduce costs for cancer treatments, food production and other segments of the $160 billion global biotechnology industry, according to findings published today in the journal ChemBioChem. “Yes, we have invented […]

COVID-19 antibody test from UC Irvine team can predict if you’ll have severe disease

ABC 10 News (San Diego), May 26, 2021 (Video)

Severe COVID-19 cases can be predicted by new test

Medical Xpress, April 28, 2021

Test accurately identifies those at risk for severe COVID-19, researchers say

UPI, April 28, 2021

Campus labs making sample-preserving fluid for COVID-19 test kits

‘Mini task force’ of UCI researchers responds to urgent need at medical center

UCI chemists devise inexpensive, accurate way to detect prostate cancer

Early screening for prostate cancer could become as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women, thanks to UC Irvine research published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.