1# Prioritize drug targets | Codex use cases1---
2name: Prioritize drug targets
3tagline: Rank drug targets across multiple evidence lanes.
4summary: Use Codex with the Life Science Research plugin to normalize entities,
5 retrieve genetics, cohort, clinical, literature, and expression evidence in
6 parallel, score each lane, and produce a final ranking with reusable visuals.
7skills:
8 - token: Life Science Research
9 url: codex://plugins/life-science-research@openai-curated
10 description: Search scientific databases and literature to ground pathway,
11 translational, tractability, and competitive evidence.
12bestFor:
13 - Target prioritization questions that need more than one evidence family,
14 such as genetics, cohort replication, disease context, clinical precedent,
15 literature, and expression.
16 - Teams that want Codex to perform scientific research across multiple
17 evidence lanes, then reconcile the results into one conclusion.
18 - Scientists who want saved raw payloads, an explicit scoring rubric, and
19 visuals they can reuse in the next review or decision memo.
20starterPrompt:
21 title: Prioritize Asthma Drug Targets
22 body: >-
23 Use the Life Science Research plugin to compare TSLP, IL33, and IL1RL1 for
24 asthma target prioritization.
2 25
3Codex use cases
4 26
527 Run these independent lanes in parallel with subagents:
6 28
729 - Human genetics and GWAS: gwas-catalog-skill, opentargets-skill,
30 gnomad-graphql-skill
8 31
9Codex use case32 - Cohort replication and PheWAS: finngen-phewas-skill,
33 ukb-topmed-phewas-skill, biobankjapan-phewas-skill, tpmi-phewas-skill
10 34
11# Prioritize drug targets35 - Target-disease evidence and disease context: opentargets-skill,
36 efo-ontology-skill
12 37
13Rank drug targets across multiple evidence lanes.38 - Clinical and regulatory precedent: clinicaltrials-skill,
39 opentargets-skill, chembl-skill, pharmgkb-skill
14 40
15Difficulty **Advanced**41 - Literature and public-dataset context: ncbi-entrez-skill, ncbi-pmc-skill,
42 biorxiv-skill, ncbi-datasets-skill, biostudies-arrayexpress-skill
16 43
17Time horizon **Long-running**44 - Expression and tissue/cell-type context: human-protein-atlas-skill,
45 gtex-eqtl-skill, cellxgene-skill, bgee-skill
18 46
19Use Codex with the Life Science Research plugin to normalize entities, retrieve genetics, cohort, clinical, literature, and expression evidence in parallel, score each lane, and produce a final ranking with reusable visuals.
20 47
21## Best for48 For each lane:
22 49
23- Target prioritization questions that need more than one evidence family, such as genetics, cohort replication, disease context, clinical precedent, literature, and expression.50 - score TSLP, IL33, IL1RL1 on a 1-5 scale
24- Teams that want Codex to perform scientific research across multiple evidence lanes, then reconcile the results into one conclusion.
25- Scientists who want saved raw payloads, an explicit scoring rubric, and visuals they can reuse in the next review or decision memo.
26 51
27# Contents52 - keep direct asthma evidence separate from adjacent allergic/atopic
53 phenotypes
28 54
29[← All use cases](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases)55 - save raw payloads when helpful
30 56
31Copy page [Export as PDF](https://developers.openai.com/codex/use-cases/target-prioritization/?export=pdf)
32 57
33Use Codex with the Life Science Research plugin to normalize entities, retrieve genetics, cohort, clinical, literature, and expression evidence in parallel, score each lane, and produce a final ranking with reusable visuals.58 Then synthesize:
34 59
35Advanced60 - a lane-by-target score table
36 61
37Long-running62 - a final rank of TSLP, IL33, IL1RL1
38 63
39Related links64 - a confidence assessment and the main caveats
40 65
41[Request access to GPT-Rosalind](https://openai.com/form/life-sciences-access/)66 - two visuals: a prioritization heatmap and a GWAS summary figure with the
42 67 lead asthma-linked variants for each target
43## Best for68 suggestedEffort: high
44 69relatedLinks:
45- Target prioritization questions that need more than one evidence family, such as genetics, cohort replication, disease context, clinical precedent, literature, and expression.70 - label: Request access to GPT-Rosalind
46- Teams that want Codex to perform scientific research across multiple evidence lanes, then reconcile the results into one conclusion.71 url: https://openai.com/form/life-sciences-access/
47- Scientists who want saved raw payloads, an explicit scoring rubric, and visuals they can reuse in the next review or decision memo.72---
48
49## Skills & Plugins
50
51- [Life Science Research](codex://plugins/life-science-research@openai-curated)
52
53 Search scientific databases and literature to ground pathway, translational, tractability, and competitive evidence.
54
55| Skill | Why use it |
56| --- | --- |
57| [Life Science Research](codex://plugins/life-science-research@openai-curated) | Search scientific databases and literature to ground pathway, translational, tractability, and competitive evidence. |
58
59## Starter prompt
60
61Use the Life Science Research plugin to compare TSLP, IL33, and IL1RL1 for asthma target prioritization.
62Run these independent lanes in parallel with subagents:
63- Human genetics and GWAS: gwas-catalog-skill, opentargets-skill, gnomad-graphql-skill
64- Cohort replication and PheWAS: finngen-phewas-skill, ukb-topmed-phewas-skill, biobankjapan-phewas-skill, tpmi-phewas-skill
65- Target-disease evidence and disease context: opentargets-skill, efo-ontology-skill
66- Clinical and regulatory precedent: clinicaltrials-skill, opentargets-skill, chembl-skill, pharmgkb-skill
67- Literature and public-dataset context: ncbi-entrez-skill, ncbi-pmc-skill, biorxiv-skill, ncbi-datasets-skill, biostudies-arrayexpress-skill
68- Expression and tissue/cell-type context: human-protein-atlas-skill, gtex-eqtl-skill, cellxgene-skill, bgee-skill
69For each lane:
70- score TSLP, IL33, IL1RL1 on a 1-5 scale
71- keep direct asthma evidence separate from adjacent allergic/atopic phenotypes
72- save raw payloads when helpful
73Then synthesize:
74- a lane-by-target score table
75- a final rank of TSLP, IL33, IL1RL1
76- a confidence assessment and the main caveats
77- two visuals: a prioritization heatmap and a GWAS summary figure with the lead asthma-linked variants for each target
78
79Open in the Codex app
80
81Use the Life Science Research plugin to compare TSLP, IL33, and IL1RL1 for asthma target prioritization.
82Run these independent lanes in parallel with subagents:
83- Human genetics and GWAS: gwas-catalog-skill, opentargets-skill, gnomad-graphql-skill
84- Cohort replication and PheWAS: finngen-phewas-skill, ukb-topmed-phewas-skill, biobankjapan-phewas-skill, tpmi-phewas-skill
85- Target-disease evidence and disease context: opentargets-skill, efo-ontology-skill
86- Clinical and regulatory precedent: clinicaltrials-skill, opentargets-skill, chembl-skill, pharmgkb-skill
87- Literature and public-dataset context: ncbi-entrez-skill, ncbi-pmc-skill, biorxiv-skill, ncbi-datasets-skill, biostudies-arrayexpress-skill
88- Expression and tissue/cell-type context: human-protein-atlas-skill, gtex-eqtl-skill, cellxgene-skill, bgee-skill
89For each lane:
90- score TSLP, IL33, IL1RL1 on a 1-5 scale
91- keep direct asthma evidence separate from adjacent allergic/atopic phenotypes
92- save raw payloads when helpful
93Then synthesize:
94- a lane-by-target score table
95- a final rank of TSLP, IL33, IL1RL1
96- a confidence assessment and the main caveats
97- two visuals: a prioritization heatmap and a GWAS summary figure with the lead asthma-linked variants for each target
98
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103## Leverage skills74## Leverage skills
104 75
1202. Invoke the `Life Science Research` plugin and tell Codex to run the lanes in parallel with subagents so each evidence family stays bounded.932. Invoke the `Life Science Research` plugin and tell Codex to run the lanes in parallel with subagents so each evidence family stays bounded.
1213. Ask Codex to score each lane on a fixed 1-5 scale and to keep direct disease evidence separate from adjacent phenotypes.943. Ask Codex to score each lane on a fixed 1-5 scale and to keep direct disease evidence separate from adjacent phenotypes.
1224. Review the saved raw payloads, the lane-by-target score table, and the synthesized rank in the same thread.954. Review the saved raw payloads, the lane-by-target score table, and the synthesized rank in the same thread.
123
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