In Memoriam: Paul M. Vanhoutte

Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! On 23 August 2019, science lost one of its great minds: Paul Michel Georges Remi Vanhoutte, born on 26 November 1940 in Merelbeke near Ghent in Belgium, unexpectedly died in Paris after he had suffered a fall 10 days earlier. He was ‘one of the fathers of vascular biology’ (Heistad, 2008) who contributed to and shaped our understanding of how...