Cha Latte

Author: Cha Latte

Cha Latte is a hub for discussion, debate, conversation and ideas both online and face-to face in Melbourne. It is a group of curious, engaged, smart Chinese female immigrants who are keen to openly share and exchange thoughts and ideas on various topics with people of diverse backgrounds and experience. Through a series of monthly topic discussions and social activities, we aim to widen our minds and break down the barriers of language and culture.
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Cha Latte in Dialogue with Dr. Jake Leggett and Dr. Matthew Flavel
Episode 3
Monday, 24 August, 2020

Hello everyone! Welcome to the new episode of Cha Latte in Dialogue! I’m Xin, a Food Science researcher living in Melbourne. In this Episode, I’ve invited two of my friends, Dr. Jake Leggett, a researcher in fluid dynamics of jet engine at University of Melbourne and Dr. Matthew Flavel, who plans & designs metabolic diseases related clinical and animal trials with a focus on type II diabetes treatments and management. We talked about Science and Technology, along with how they impact the modern society. 【Timecode】 1:12 Introduction 0:38 Jake’s research background and areas 1:32 Matthew’s research background and areas 3:51 Xin’s research background and research areas 5:36 Differences between working in the industry and in academia 7:19 How to translate the scientific research information for the general public? 14:51 What is the so called "scientific method" and how to adopt it in everyone’s daily life? 24:16 Why Science & Tech should embrace the humanity and arts? 31:08 What are the impacts that technology and technology companies have on our life nowadays? 32:54 Does technology really improve our happiness? 38:08 Our views on the clinic trial of Covid 19 vaccine.