TUCCA: Open Computational Research

Source for the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA) open computational-research hub, served at https://tucca-cellag.github.io/.

It is the landing point for TUCCA's open-source code, documentation, and AI / computational-biology projects, including:

• tucca-rna-seq: a reproducible RNA-Seq workflow (Snakemake v8+), with full docs.
• Computational blue-melanin design: RFdiffusion-based de novo pigment design.
• Publications powered by these tools.
• Helpful resources on cellular agriculture, reproducibility, and R/RStudio.

The curated CAAIL library (papers, software, databases, datasets at the intersection of cellular agriculture and AI) is a separate site at https://tucca-cellag.github.io/caail/ (tucca-cellag/caail).

Stack

Astro + Starlight, matching the CAAIL site's stack for cross-site cohesion. The site source lives in site/.

Develop

Requires Node ≥ 22.12 (see site/.nvmrc) and pnpm.

nvm use 22
pnpm --dir site install
pnpm --dir site dev      # local preview
pnpm --dir site build    # production build → site/dist
pnpm --dir site preview  # serve the built site

Regenerate the social card after a branding change:

node site/scripts/og-image.mjs

Deploy

On push to main, .github/workflows/deploy.yml builds site/ and deploys to GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions. The repository's Settings → Pages → Source must be set to GitHub Actions.

License

Content and code are released under the MIT License.