Tom Williamson – ATP: Nature’s unsung hero

by | Jan 5, 2012 | Videos | 0 comments

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Sugar, starch, fat: everyone knows that we get energy from these substances, but not so many people realise how. In this talk, I will give a short introduction to ATP. Known as the ‘universal energy carrier’, this small molecule plays a fundamental role throughout life, and I believe that understanding it is one of the keys to understanding biochemistry.

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