Isabel Ocampo

Scientific Communication

Prenatal antibiotics and neonatal sepsis

Research in Practice · Individual assessment · UCL, 2025

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Scientific poster: prenatal antibiotics reduce breast milk IgA and increase neonatal susceptibility to sepsis
The poster
Graphical abstract of the published study
The study's graphical abstract

I analysed a published study investigating how prenatal antibiotic exposure affected breast milk IgA, the gut microbiome of mouse offspring and susceptibility to neonatal bacterial sepsis.

The assignment required me to interpret the study's experimental methods, findings and limitations, then present the research as though I were a co-author.

I developed a scientific poster and delivered a seven-minute presentation followed by a formal question-and-answer session. The assessment tested my understanding of the study design and ability to defend the interpretation of its results.

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