diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts
index 29688d5f9d..17aa2d3d8c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export abstract class NormalizedDSpaceObject implements CacheableObject {
   /**
    * A string representing the kind of DSpaceObject, e.g. community, item, …
    */
+  @autoserialize
   type: string;
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
index 22769763bf..7f6e0f5ee2 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from "cerialize";
 import { Metadatum } from "./metadatum.model"
 import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from "../../shared/empty.util";
 import { CacheableObject } from "../cache/object-cache.reducer";
@@ -9,19 +8,16 @@ import { RemoteData } from "../data/remote-data";
  */
 export abstract class DSpaceObject implements CacheableObject {
 
-    @autoserialize
     self: string;
 
     /**
      * The human-readable identifier of this DSpaceObject
      */
-    @autoserialize
     id: string;
 
     /**
      * The universally unique identifier of this DSpaceObject
      */
-    @autoserialize
     uuid: string;
 
     /**
@@ -32,13 +28,11 @@ export abstract class DSpaceObject implements CacheableObject {
     /**
      * The name for this DSpaceObject
      */
-    @autoserialize
     name: string;
 
     /**
      * An array containing all metadata of this DSpaceObject
      */
-    @autoserializeAs(Metadatum)
     metadata: Array<Metadatum>;
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/app/home/home-news/home-news.component.html b/src/app/home/home-news/home-news.component.html
index 4393228e94..01210bf9fc 100644
--- a/src/app/home/home-news/home-news.component.html
+++ b/src/app/home/home-news/home-news.component.html
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
-<!--.row to offset the app component's .container-fluid padding-->
-<div class="row">
-  <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid">
-    <div class="container-fluid">
-      <h1 class="display-3">Welcome to DSpace</h1>
-      <p class="lead">DSpace is an open source software platform that enables organisations to:</p>
-      <ul>
-        <li>capture and describe digital material using a submission workflow module, or a variety
-          of
-          programmatic ingest options
-        </li>
-        <li>distribute an organisation's digital assets over the web through a search and retrieval
-          system
-        </li>
-        <li>preserve digital assets over the long term</li>
-      </ul>
-    </div>
+<div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid">
+  <div class="container-fluid">
+    <h1 class="display-3">Welcome to DSpace</h1>
+    <p class="lead">DSpace is an open source software platform that enables organisations to:</p>
+    <ul>
+      <li>capture and describe digital material using a submission workflow module, or a variety
+        of
+        programmatic ingest options
+      </li>
+      <li>distribute an organisation's digital assets over the web through a search and retrieval
+        system
+      </li>
+      <li>preserve digital assets over the long term</li>
+    </ul>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/home/home-news/home-news.component.scss b/src/app/home/home-news/home-news.component.scss
index e69de29bb2..ac03797b06 100644
--- a/src/app/home/home-news/home-news.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/home/home-news/home-news.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@import '../../../styles/mixins.scss';
+
+:host {
+  display: block;
+  @include negate-gutters();
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/bitstreams.ts b/src/backend/bitstreams.ts
index ed47d0d94a..6d10f87fbf 100644
--- a/src/backend/bitstreams.ts
+++ b/src/backend/bitstreams.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export const BITSTREAMS = [
     },
     "id": "3678",
     "uuid": "43c57c2b-206f-4645-8c8f-5f10c84b09fa",
+    "type": "bitstream",
     "name": "do_open_access_CRL.pdf",
     "size": 636626,
     "checksum": {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export const BITSTREAMS = [
     },
     "id": "8842",
     "uuid": "1a013ecc-fb25-4689-a44f-f1383ad26632",
+    "type": "bitstream",
     "name": "do_open_access_CRL.pdf.jpg",
     "size": 41183,
     "checksum": {
diff --git a/src/backend/bundles.ts b/src/backend/bundles.ts
index 9ec0630dbd..678b98007c 100644
--- a/src/backend/bundles.ts
+++ b/src/backend/bundles.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const BUNDLES = [
     },
     "id": "2355",
     "uuid": "35e0606d-5e18-4f9c-aa61-74fc751cc3f9",
+    "type": "bundle",
     "name": "ORIGINAL",
     "metadata": [
       { "key": "dc.title", "value": "ORIGINAL", "language": "en" }
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export const BUNDLES = [
     },
     "id": "5687",
     "uuid": "a469c57a-abcf-45c3-83e4-b187ebd708fd",
+    "type": "bundle",
     "name": "THUMBNAIL",
     "metadata": [
       { "key": "dc.title", "value": "THUMBNAIL", "language": "en" }
diff --git a/src/backend/collections.ts b/src/backend/collections.ts
index 1149d244f8..c701b38ed4 100644
--- a/src/backend/collections.ts
+++ b/src/backend/collections.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export const COLLECTIONS = [
     },
     "id": "5179",
     "uuid": "9e32a2e2-6b91-4236-a361-995ccdc14c60",
+    "type": "collection",
     "name": "A Test Collection",
     "handle": "123456789/5179",
     "metadata": [
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export const COLLECTIONS = [
     },
     "id": "6547",
     "uuid": "598ce822-c357-46f3-ab70-63724d02d6ad",
+    "type": "collection",
     "name": "Another Test Collection",
     "handle": "123456789/6547",
     "metadata": [
diff --git a/src/backend/items.ts b/src/backend/items.ts
index dc155ff98c..80690132bd 100644
--- a/src/backend/items.ts
+++ b/src/backend/items.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const ITEMS = [
     },
     "id": "8871",
     "uuid": "21539b1d-9ef1-4eda-9c77-49565b5bfb78",
+    "type": "item",
     "name": "Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact?",
     "handle": "123456789/8871",
     "lastModified": "2016-10-14 10:41:12.886",
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ export const ITEMS = [
     },
     "id": "9978",
     "uuid": "be8325f7-243b-49f4-8a4b-df2b793ff3b5",
+    "type": "item",
     "name": "Another Test Item",
     "handle": "123456789/9978",
     "lastModified": "2016-05-27 03:00:20.063",
diff --git a/src/styles/_mixins.scss b/src/styles/_mixins.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39204e1e6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/styles/_mixins.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+@import './variables.scss';
+@import '../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/variables';
+@import '../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/mixins';
+
+@mixin negate-gutters($gutters: $grid-gutter-widths) {
+  @each $breakpoint in map-keys($gutters) {
+    @include media-breakpoint-up($breakpoint) {
+      $gutter: map-get($gutters, $breakpoint);
+      margin-right: ($gutter / -2);
+      margin-left:  ($gutter / -2);
+    }
+  }
+}