The 2013 International Symposium on Biological Engineering and Natural Sciences (ISBENS)  seeks to provide a discussion forum for scientists, engineers, educators and students about the latest ideas in the foundations, theory, models and applications for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research encompassing disciplines of biological engineering and natural sciences, including computer science, mathematics, statistics, biology, bioinformatics, biomedicine, biomedical engineering.Research papers in the following research disciplines are greatly welcomed. However it should be noted that the research disciplines listed below should not be seen as exhaustive.Biological EngineeringBiochemistryBioinformatics & GenomicsBiophysicsBiotechnologyCancer BiologyCardiovascular BiologyCell & Developmental BiologyComputational BiologyEpigeneticsExperimental PathologyGeneticsImmunologyInfectious Diseases & BiodefenseMetabolismMicrobiologyMolecular BiologyMolecular PharmacologyNeurosciencePhysiologyStructural BiologyTranslational ScienceNatural SciencesAstrophysicsApplied ChemistryChemistryGeneticsGeological SciencesHistory and Philosophy of ScienceMaterials ScienceMathematicsNeurosciencePathologyPharmacologyPhysical SciencesPhysicsPhysiology, Development and NeurosciencePlant SciencesPsychologySystems BiologyZoology