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

DevFeed: [How a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-a-researcher-uses-codex-and-chatgpt-to-search-for-new-antimicrobial-molecules-6708.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/using-codex-chatgpt-to-search-for-new-antimicrobials>)

Published: 2026-09-10T16:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [Deep neural networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deep-neural-networks.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-models.md>), [antibiotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/antibiotics.md>), [applied-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applied-ai.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datasets.md>), [deep-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-learning.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>)

## AI overview

César de la Fuente's lab uses deep-learning models, ChatGPT, and Codex to search genome and protein datasets for antimicrobial candidates that could help fight drug-resistant infections.

## Source excerpt

César de la Fuente's lab uses Codex and ChatGPT to search living and extinct genomes for antimicrobial candidates to fight drug-resistant infections.