presents, "Inherited chromatin states shape transcription patterns in offspring and grandoffspring" Talk abstract:  The role that chromatin states serve in transmitting gene expression information across generations via sperm and oocytes is not well understood. We utilized a model in which C. elegans sperm and oocyte alleles were inherited in different states of the repressive mark H3K27me3. This resulted in the alleles achieving different transcriptional states within the nuclei of offspring. Using this model, we showed that sperm alleles inherited without H3K27me3 were sensitive to up-regulation in offspring…