Introduction
Aim and Scope
 
       In the last ten years, there is a huge increase in the number of applications of mathematics to biological sciences. On the other hand, biological problems always stimulate the birth of new mathematical theory. Among them, the theory of uniform persistence serves as a nice example. Thus, this suggests the need of the bridge between mathematical and biological sciences. This four-day conference is a meeting forum for researchers from mathematical and biological sciences, and aims at suggesting new areas of applications of mathematics in biological sciences and initiating innovative research fields within mathematics itself. The topics include Mathematical ecology, Dynamics of Phytoplankton Communities, Disease Spread, Mathematical Physiology, Ion channel analysis, and Inverse problems.