ERC Synergy Grant (€ 10 million) awarded to Prof. Christian J. Cyron, Prof. Gerhard Holzapfel (Graz University of Technology, Austria), and Prof. Sebastian Kozerke (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) for their joint project "Mechanical characterization of soft tissue in vivo by microstructural imaging and physics-informed neural networks: bridging the gap between biomechanics and clinical practice". The ERC Synergy Grant is considered one of the most prestigious scientific awards in Europe.