Synapse, Squeeze, and Solve!

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Across
  1. 2. The universal sound of despair in a lab, often caused by a failed western blot.
  2. 3. What you hear just before an experiment goes catastrophically wrong.
  3. 7. Scientific meeting excuse to grab drinks at Untere Straße.
  4. 8. A constant in your lab life: “The thing I just dropped was…?”
  5. 10. Rare, mythical entity that arrives when experiments work on the first try.
  6. 13. What everyone blames when their Western blot doesn’t work.
  7. 14. This vital liquid is used for experiments but forbidden in your mug
  8. 15. Preferred fuel for researchers.
Down
  1. 1. This thing never comes back, even though you’ve clearly labeled it.
  2. 2. Standard response when asked when your paper will be published.
  3. 4. Where neurons meet and greet.
  4. 5. This lab tool spins really fast but never goes anywhere.
  5. 6. Shiny prize everyone chases but claims to "not care about."
  6. 9. This neurotransmitter says “shh” to overactive neurons.
  7. 11. Mandatory meeting that feels like a hostage situation.
  8. 12. What you’re “optimizing” when running the same experiment for the 50th time.