The Dodgers just finished off the Braves (by 3 games to 1) to win their National League Division Series, and they are now heading to the National League Championship Series to face the Milwaukee Brewers. Go Dodgers!
My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in Nordita (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) and am Professor in Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Stockholm University. Previously, I was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Before that, I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College. I am still a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College.
Thursday, October 08, 2026
Monday, October 05, 2026
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (for Optogenetics)
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics." There have been many discussions over the years that optogenetics pioneers would eventually get a Nobel Prize, and this year is the year.
Thursday, October 01, 2026
"Data Ethics and Mathematicians"
Here is a new short article called "Data Ethics and Mathematicians"
(I wrote it for SIAM News only about 3.5 years after I promised them that I would write this article. 🤷🏻♂️)
(I wrote it for SIAM News only about 3.5 years after I promised them that I would write this article. 🤷🏻♂️)