The NB activity in Alberta is far ranging, with
such research as self - assembled nanostructures (M. J. Brett), single - cell cancer analysis (L. M. Pilarski), computational modeling (D. Wishart), micro-total analysis systems or lab on a chip (D. J. Harrison), cell identification and manipulation (K. Kaler), and
microsystems and medical diagnostics (Backhouse).
Berns (1997) offers «the mesosytem, consists of linkages and interrelationships between two or more of a developing person's
microsystems,
such as the family and the school, or the family and the peer group».