diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/collection-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/collection-search-result.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63b6a0d37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/collection-search-result.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
+
+export class CollectionSearchResult extends SearchResult<Collection> {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/community-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/community-search-result.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79ea34b6cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/community-search-result.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
+import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
+
+export class CommunitySearchResult extends SearchResult<Community> {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.spec.ts
index cb9e20449e..1fd98bf225 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { RouterStub } from '../../testing/router-stub';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { ListableObject } from '../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
 
 let communityGridElementComponent: CommunityGridElementComponent;
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ describe('CommunityGridElementComponent', () => {
   }));
 
   it('should show the community cards in the grid element',() => {
+    console.log(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-community-grid-element')));
     expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-community-grid-element'))).toBeDefined();
   })
 
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
index b8bacfaf2e..47b5a6b2e6 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   </a>
   <div class="card-body">
     <h4 class="card-title">{{object.findMetadata('dc.title')}}</h4>
-
     <p *ngIf="object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']);" class="item-authors card-text text-muted">
         <span *ngFor="let authorMd of object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let last=last;">{{authorMd.value}}
             <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.spec.ts
index 3be46965ee..8c7f856450 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ describe('ItemGridElementComponent', () => {
     }
   });
 
-})
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
index 0228107a57..e5747a1243 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { renderElementsFor} from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
 
-import { CollectionSearchResult } from './collection-search-result.model';
+import { CollectionSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/collection-search-result.model';
 import { SearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../search-result-grid-element.component';
 import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ad48247e70..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { SearchResult } from '../../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
-import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
-
-export class CollectionSearchResult extends SearchResult<Collection> {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
index 4876a784fc..d490560919 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { CommunitySearchResult } from './community-search-result.model';
 import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
 import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
 import { SearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../search-result-grid-element.component';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { CommunitySearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/community-search-result.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-community-search-result-grid-element',
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
 @renderElementsFor(CommunitySearchResult, ViewMode.Grid)
 export class CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent extends SearchResultGridElementComponent<CommunitySearchResult, Community> {
 
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index efeb328e11..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { SearchResult } from '../../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
-import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
-
-export class CommunitySearchResult extends SearchResult<Community> {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html
index 352ba4881d..b185caa18f 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
             <ds-truncatable-part [fixedHeight]="true" [id]="dso.id" [minLines]="3" type="h4">
                 <h4 class="card-title" [innerHTML]="dso.findMetadata('dc.title')"></h4>
             </ds-truncatable-part>
-            <p *ngIf="dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*'])"
+            <p *ngIf="dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0"
                class="item-authors card-text text-muted">
                 <ds-truncatable-part [fixedHeight]="true" [id]="dso.id" [minLines]="1">
-                    <span *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-list-date">{{dso.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
+                    <span *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued').length > 0" class="item-date">{{dso.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
                     <span *ngFor="let authorMd of dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']);">,
                         <span [innerHTML]="authorMd.value"></span>
                     </span>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
index 172888e98c..fbb267b8e6 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { RouterStub } from '../../../testing/router-stub';
-import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from '@angular/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
+import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
 
 let itemSearchResultGridElementComponent: ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent>;
@@ -24,7 +26,10 @@ const truncatableServiceStub: any = {
   isCollapsed: (id: number) => Observable.of(true),
 };
 
-const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+const mockItemWithAuthorAndDate: ItemSearchResult = new ItemSearchResult();
+mockItemWithAuthorAndDate.hitHighlights = [];
+mockItemWithAuthorAndDate.dspaceObject = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+  bitstreams: Observable.of({}),
   metadata: [
     {
       key: 'dc.contributor.author',
@@ -34,14 +39,33 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
     {
       key: 'dc.date.issued',
       language: null,
-      value: '1650-06-26'
+      value: '2015-06-26'
     }]
 });
-const createdGridElementComponent: ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent = new ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent(mockItem, truncatableServiceStub as TruncatableService);
+
+const mockItemWithoutAuthorAndDate: ItemSearchResult = new ItemSearchResult();
+mockItemWithoutAuthorAndDate.hitHighlights = [];
+mockItemWithoutAuthorAndDate.dspaceObject = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+  bitstream: Observable.of({}),
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.title',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'This is just another title'
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'dc.type',
+      language: null,
+      value: 'Article'
+    }]
+});
+
+const createdGridElementComponent: ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent = new ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent(mockItemWithAuthorAndDate, truncatableServiceStub as TruncatableService);
 
 describe('ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent', () => {
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [NoopAnimationsModule],
       declarations: [ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent, TruncatePipe],
       providers: [
         { provide: TruncatableService, useValue: truncatableServiceStub },
@@ -49,9 +73,10 @@ describe('ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent', () => {
         { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
         { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: (createdGridElementComponent) }
       ],
-
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
-    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+    }).overrideComponent(ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent, {
+      set: { changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default }
+    }).compileComponents();
   }));
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
@@ -59,28 +84,48 @@ describe('ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent', () => {
     itemSearchResultGridElementComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
   }));
 
-  it('should show the item result cards in the grid element', () => {
-    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-search-result-grid-element'))).toBeDefined();
+  fdescribe('When the item has an author', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      itemSearchResultGridElementComponent.dso = mockItemWithAuthorAndDate.dspaceObject;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+    });
+
+    it('should show the author paragraph', () => {
+      const itemAuthorField = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.item-authors'));
+      expect(itemAuthorField).not.toBeNull();
+    });
   });
 
-  it('should only show the author span if the author metadata is present', () => {
-    const itemAuthorField = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.item-authors')));
+  describe('When the item has no author', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      itemSearchResultGridElementComponent.dso = mockItemWithoutAuthorAndDate.dspaceObject;
+    });
 
-    if (mockItem.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0) {
-      expect(itemAuthorField).toBeDefined();
-    } else {
-      expect(itemAuthorField).not.toBeDefined();
-    }
+    it('should not show the author paragraph', () => {
+      const itemAuthorField = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.item-authors'));
+      expect(itemAuthorField).toBeNull();
+    });
   });
 
-  it('should only show the date span if the issuedate is present', () => {
-    const dateField = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('span.item-list-date')));
+  describe('When the item has an issuedate', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      itemSearchResultGridElementComponent.dso = mockItemWithAuthorAndDate.dspaceObject;
+    });
 
-    if (mockItem.findMetadata('dc.date.issued').length > 0) {
-      expect(dateField).toBeDefined();
-    } else {
-      expect(dateField).not.toBeDefined();
-    }
+    it('should show the issuedate span', () => {
+      const itemAuthorField = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('span.item-date'));
+      expect(itemAuthorField).not.toBeNull();
+    });
   });
 
+  describe('When the item has no issuedate', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      itemSearchResultGridElementComponent.dso = mockItemWithoutAuthorAndDate.dspaceObject;
+    });
+
+    it('should not show the issuedate span', () => {
+      const dateField = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('span.item-date'));
+      expect(dateField).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts
index 9be2647cba..c04c1d54f4 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class SearchResultGridElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K exten
   public constructor(@Inject('objectElementProvider') public gridable: ListableObject, private truncatableService: TruncatableService) {
     super(gridable);
     this.dso = this.object.dspaceObject;
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(this.object.hitHighlights));
   }
 
   getValues(keys: string[]): string[] {
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export class SearchResultGridElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K exten
 
   getFirstValue(key: string): string {
     let result: string;
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(this.object.hitHighlights));
     this.object.hitHighlights.some(
       (md: Metadatum) => {
         if (key === md.key) {
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
index 0f1b7c4444..fe54b8195e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ describe('CollectionListElementComponent', () => {
       expect(descriptionText).not.toBeDefined();
     }
   });
-})
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index 5545ea17ec..9a462c124e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
-import { CollectionSearchResult } from './collection-search-result.model';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.component';
 import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { CollectionSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/collection-search-result.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-collection-search-result-list-element',
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ad48247e70..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { SearchResult } from '../../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
-import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
-
-export class CollectionSearchResult extends SearchResult<Collection> {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index 2d96f61833..5664e840e3 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
-import { CommunitySearchResult } from './community-search-result.model';
+import { CommunitySearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/community-search-result.model';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.component';
 import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index efeb328e11..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { SearchResult } from '../../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
-import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
-
-export class CommunitySearchResult extends SearchResult<Community> {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component.html b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component.html
index 964e52603f..72f41cd770 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="clamp-{{lines}} {{type}} {{fixedHeight ? 'fixedHeight' : ''}}">
+<div class="clamp-{{lines}} min-{{minLines}} {{type}} {{fixedHeight ? 'fixedHeight' : ''}}">
     <div class="content">
         <ng-content></ng-content>
     </div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component.scss b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component.scss
index 698f1fb1aa..bb26239c57 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/shared/truncatable/truncatable-part/truncatable-part.component.scss
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
             background: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), $body-bg 70%);
         }
     }
+}
 
+@mixin min($lines, $size-factor: 1, $line-height: $line-height-base) {
+    $height: $line-height * $font-size-base * $size-factor;
+    min-height: $lines * $height;
 }
 
 $h4-factor: strip-unit($h4-font-size);
@@ -42,7 +46,18 @@ $h4-factor: strip-unit($h4-font-size);
     }
 }
 
-
 .clamp-none {
     overflow: hidden;
+    @for $i from 1 through 15 {
+        &.min-#{$i} {
+            transition: height 1s;
+            @include min($i);
+            &.title {
+                @include min($i, 1.25);
+            }
+            &.h4 {
+                @include min($i, $h4-factor, $headings-line-height);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file