Rashi Sawant

CytoSoar @ Talon Biomarkers

Desktop

BioTechnology

UX Research

UX Design

Talon Biomarkers develops tools that advance immune system research.

Its flagship platform, CytoSoar, helps flow cytometrists efficiently review, organize, and perform quality control on their data.

Timeline

Jan 2025 - May 2025

Role

UI/UX Researcher & Designer

Platform & Tools

Desktop || Figma, Miro, VSCode

Skills

Product Design, Data Analytics

OVERVIEW

Problem Statement

Talon Biomarkers advances immune system research by accelerating the development of targeted therapeutics and diagnostics. The company is developing Cytosoar, a software platform that helps flow cytometrists review and perform quality control on data. However, CytoSoar’s current interface is not intuitive, limiting accessibility for non-technical users and reducing adoption and collaboration.

Main Solutions

Determined the data hierarchy for tool input, output, organization, and overall flow.

Strengthened visual hierarchy for standardization, information architecture, and clear CTAs.

Established various components and features of the home page, giving a layout to the overall platform.

Used principle of progressive disclosure to strengthen onboarding of information for tools.

Designed a straightforward and easy to learn prototype to set up a project and organize within.

Data layout for quick scans & deep dives using structured flows & accordion components.

Objectives

With CytoSoar still in early development, our team aimed to structure seamless and organized content organization. In addition, we plan to develop UI elements for this new central hub for flow cytometry, and create a standardized flow for Talon Biomarkers employees.

PROCESS

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Research

Researched flow cytometry workflows, analysis tools, and user needs, then created a user persona and journey map to identify user pain points.

Needs & Expectations

Users needed faster reporting, secure and accurate data handling, centralized tools, team collaboration, reduced manual work, and visually organized interfaces.

Users needed faster reporting, secure and accurate data handling, centralized tools, team collaboration, reduced manual work, and organized interfaces.

Information Architecture

Cytosoar had limited prior development, so our team prioritized establishing an organizational structure to define user flow and integrate dashboard tools.

DESIGN SOLUTIONS

Home Page

Projects Page

Create New Project Page

Original Design

Our Redesign

Home Page Solutions

Created Scalable navigation structure to support future platform growth.

Improved workflow continuity with quick access to recent projects.

Revised Quick Guide and tutorial hub to support user onboarding.

Enhanced tool recognition with color-coded tags and labels.

Home Page

Projects Page

Create New

Original Design

Our Redesign

Home Page Solutions

Created Scalable navigation structure to support future platform growth.

Improved workflow continuity with quick access to recent projects.

Revised Quick Guide and tutorial hub to support user onboarding.

Enhanced tool recognition with color-coded tags and labels.

Home Page

Projects Page

Create New Project Page

Original Design

Our Redesign

Home Page Solutions

Created Scalable navigation structure to support future platform growth.

Improved workflow continuity with quick access to recent projects.

Revised Quick Guide and tutorial hub to support user onboarding.

Enhanced tool recognition with color-coded tags and labels.

FINAL STEPS & TAKEAWAYS

CytoSoar was an early-stage product, which meant the design challenge was more than usability, and focused more on building a foundation that could scale. The work centered on making complex flow cytometry data accessible to both technical and non-technical users without oversimplifying it. The experience sharpened how I think about information architecture and system design in parallel. What we delivered was a clear direction: an scalable component library, workflows, and documented patterns for future teams to build on across Talon Biomarkers.