# How a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules

Source: [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/using-codex-chatgpt-to-search-for-new-antimicrobials)  
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Published: 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z  
Trust: Official Source (official_source)

## Why Included

The use case lacks workflow, dataset, evaluation, and validation details, leaving no reproducible practice for the next agent session.

## Source Summary

A concrete example of Codex and ChatGPT helping researchers search genomic data for antimicrobial candidates, though the material gives no workflow or validation details.

## Practical Implication

For builders, this is a useful pattern for research agents: connect model-assisted exploration to a bounded scientific search space and treat the output as candidates for further evaluation.

## Agent-Ready Context

César de la Fuente’s lab uses **Codex and ChatGPT** to search **living and extinct genomes** for molecules that might work as antimicrobials against drug-resistant infections.

For builders, this is a useful pattern for research agents: connect model-assisted exploration to a bounded scientific search space and treat the output as candidates for further evaluation.

The material does not describe the agent workflow, datasets, candidate count, evaluation method, or experimental results, so it supports a use case rather than a reproducible approach.

## Context Map

- Layer: industry
- Domains: research, data
- Topics: adoption

## Uncertainty

- None recorded.

## Agent Instruction

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