The workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing in Biology and Life Sciences will be held Dec 27 - Dec 29, 2013, in the Institute of Natural Sciences (Room 601, Pao Yue-Kong Library, North Entrance), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together computational scientists and applied mathematicians to discuss the state of the art and new directions of mathematical modeling and scientific computing in biology and life sciences.