A collection of papers from the below symposia held during the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim10), June 2-7, 2013, in Coronado, California 2012: - Advances in Biomineralized Ceramics, Bioceramics, and Bioinspired Designs - Nanostructured Bioceramics and Ceramics for Biomedical Applications