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Title: Apartment Living at Technology Center
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1955
Description: Booklet detailing apartment/dormitory housing options available to Illinois Tech students, faculty, and staff. Published soon after the...
Show moreBooklet detailing apartment/dormitory housing options available to Illinois Tech students, faculty, and staff. Published soon after the construction of Cunningham Hall and Bailey Hall (later George J. Kacek Hall), the booklet includes descriptions of different apartment layouts and floor plans for each building. Date unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on campus layout depicted in booklet and mention of Mies van der Rohe as current director of the Department of Architecture.
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Collection: Student Housing brochures, 1948-1970

Title: Lewis Institute faculty group portrait, Chicago, Illinois, 1899
Date: 1899
Description: Picture of 1899 Lewis Institute faculty clipped from a newspaper in the 1920s. Those pictured include George Noble Carman (Director of Lewis...
Show morePicture of 1899 Lewis Institute faculty clipped from a newspaper in the 1920s. Those pictured include George Noble Carman (Director of Lewis Institute), John L. Bacon (later Mayor of San Diego, 1921-1927), Wallace W. Atwood (later President of Clark University, 1920-1946). Photographer and original source unknown.
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Collection: Lewis Institute records, 1827-1984

Title: Controlling biofilms using synthetic biology approaches
Creator: Fang, Kuili, Park, Oh-Jin, Hong, Seok Hoon
Date: 2020
Description: Bacterial biofilms are formed by the complex but ordered regulation of intra- or inter-cellular communication, environmentally responsive gene...
Show moreBacterial biofilms are formed by the complex but ordered regulation of intra- or inter-cellular communication, environmentally responsive gene expression, and secretion of extracellular polymeric substances. Given the robust nature of bio?lms due to the non-growing nature of bio?lm bacteria and the physical barrier provided by the extracellular matrix, eradicating bio?lms is a very di?cult task to accomplish with conventional antibiotic or disinfectant treatments. Synthetic biology holds substantial promise for controlling bio?lms by improving and expanding existing biological tools, introducing novel functions to the system, and re-conceptualizing gene regulation. This review summarizes synthetic biology approaches used to eradicate bio?lms via protein engineering of bio?lm-related enzymes, utilization of synthetic genetic circuits, and the development of functional living agents. Synthetic biology also enables bene?cial applications of bio?lms through the production of biomaterials and patterning bio?lms with speci?c temporal and spatial structures. Advances in synthetic biology will add novel bio?lm functionalities for future therapeutic, biomanufacturing, and environmental applications.
Sponsorship: NIH-R15AI130988, NSF CBET-1917130
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Title: Engineering Escherichia coli to produce and secrete colicins for rapid and selective biofilm cell killing
Creator: Jin, Xing, An, Sungjun, Kightlinger, Weston, Zhou, Jiacheng, Hong, Seok Hoon
Date: 2021
Description: Bacterial biofilms are associated with chronic infectious diseases and are highly resistant to conventional antibiotics. Antimicrobial...
Show moreBacterial biofilms are associated with chronic infectious diseases and are highly resistant to conventional antibiotics. Antimicrobial bacteriocins are alternatives to conventional antibiotics and are characterized by unique cell-killing mechanisms, including pore formation on cell membranes, nuclease activity, and cell wall synthesis inhibition. Here, we used cell-free protein synthesis to rapidly evaluate the antibiofilm activities of colicins E1, E2, and E3. We found that E2 (with DNase activity) most effectively killed target biofilm cells (i.e., the K361 strain) while leaving nontargeted biofilms intact. We then engineered probiotic Escherichia coli microorganisms with genetic circuits to controllably synthesize and secrete colicin E2, which successfully inhibited biofilms and killed preformed indicator biofilms. Our findings suggest that colicins rapidly and selectively kill target biofilm cells in multispecies biofilms and demonstrate the potential of using microorganisms engineered to produce antimicrobial colicin proteins as live therapeutic strategies to treat biofilm-associated infections.
Sponsorship: NIH-R15AI130988
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Title: Editorial, "Cell-Free Synthetic Biology": Synthetic Biology Meets Cell-Free Protein Synthesis
Creator: Hong, Seok Hoon
Date: 2019
Publisher: MDPI
Description: Sponsorship: NIH R15AI130988

Title: Incorporation of non-standard amino acids into proteins: challenges, recent achievements, and emerging applications
Creator: Jin, Xing, Park Oh-Jin, Hong, Seok Hoon
Date: 2019
Description: The natural genetic code only allows for 20 standard amino acids in protein translation, but genetic code reprogramming enables the...
Show moreThe natural genetic code only allows for 20 standard amino acids in protein translation, but genetic code reprogramming enables the incorporation of non-standard amino acids (NSAAs). Proteins containing NSAAs provide enhanced or novel properties and open diverse applications. With increased attention to the recent advancements in synthetic biology, various improved and novel methods have been developed to incorporate single and multiple distinct NSAAs into proteins. However, various challenges remain in regard to NSAA incorporation, such as low yield and misincorporation. In this review, we summarize the recent efforts to improve NSAA incorporation by utilizing orthogonal translational system optimization, cell-free protein synthesis, genomically recoded organisms, artificial codon boxes, quadruplet codons, and orthogonal ribosomes, before closing with a discussion of the emerging applications of NSAA incorporation.
Sponsorship: NIH R15AI130988
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Title: Undecanoic Acid, Lauric Acid, and N-Tridecanoic Acid Inhibit Escherichia coli Persistence and Biofilm Formation
Creator: Jin, Xing, Zhou, Jiacheng, Richey, Gabriella, Wang, Mengya, Hong, Sung Min Choi, Hong, Seok Hoon
Date: 2021
Description: Persister cell formation and biofilms of pathogens are extensively involved in the development of chronic infectious diseases. Eradicating...
Show morePersister cell formation and biofilms of pathogens are extensively involved in the development of chronic infectious diseases. Eradicating persister cells is challenging, owing to their tolerance to conventional antibiotics, which cannot kill cells in a metabolically dormant state. A high frequency of persisters in biofilms makes inactivating biofilm cells more difficult, because the biofilm matrix inhibits antibiotic penetration. Fatty acids may be promising candidates as antipersister or antibiofilm agents, because some fatty acids exhibit antimicrobial effects. We previously reported that fatty acid ethyl esters effectively inhibit Escherichia coli persister formation by regulating an antitoxin. In this study, we screened a fatty acid library consisting of 65 different fatty acid molecules for altered persister formation. We found that undecanoic acid, lauric acid, and N-tridecanoic acid inhibited E. coli BW25113 persister cell formation by 25-, 58-, and 44-fold, respectively. Similarly, these fatty acids repressed persisters of enterohemorrhagic E. coli EDL933. These fatty acids were all medium-chain saturated forms. Furthermore, the fatty acids repressed Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) biofilm formation (for example, by 8-fold for lauric acid) without having antimicrobial activity. This study demonstrates that medium-chain saturated fatty acids can serve as antipersister and antibiofilm agents that may be applied to treat bacterial infections.
Sponsorship: NIH-R15AI130988; NSF REU-1757989
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Title: Priming Movie Product Placements: New Insights from a Cross-National Case Study
Creator: Balasubramanian,Siva K, Gistri, Giacomo
Date: 44354, 44327
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Description: The paucity of research on priming product placements and insights from practitioners (Study 1) motivated our investigation into how and when...
Show moreThe paucity of research on priming product placements and insights from practitioners (Study 1) motivated our investigation into how and when priming works in movie placements. Study 2 explores the impact of media priming (a media story announcing a movie placement before the movie’s release) and ad priming (a similar ad announcement) on recall through contrasts with no priming (control). US students watched a movie in a theatre after such priming for a subtle or a prominent placement. When compared to no priming, both media priming and ad priming enhanced recall for the subtle placement; no difference in recall performance emerged between no priming and either type of priming for the prominent placement. Contrast tests comparing media priming and ad priming indicated no differences in recall for either subtle or prominent placement. Study 3 replicated these recall findings with Italian moviegoers, and supported additional hypotheses and propositions for brand attitude. For the subtle (prominent) placement, attitude did not change (decreased) when comparing either media priming or ad priming with no priming. Contrast tests comparing media priming and ad priming indicated no differences in attitude outcomes, for either subtle or prominent placement. Using no priming as a baseline for comparison, the converging conclusion is that any type of priming improves (does not change) recall and does not change (worsens) attitude for subtle (prominent) placements. Overall, results do not support priming for prominent placements; selective use of any type of priming for subtle placements appears appropriate to improve recall outcomes.
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Collection: International Journal of Advertising

Title: Abraham Lincoln School Art Classes leaflet, 1945-1946
Creator: Abraham Lincoln School
Date: 1945-1946
Description: Course catalog for evening classes in art and design at Abraham Lincoln School (30 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois). Class topics...
Show moreCourse catalog for evening classes in art and design at Abraham Lincoln School (30 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois). Class topics were layout and typography, basic design, home planning, and photography, and the classes were taught, at least in part, by students from the Institute of Design, including Mary Henry, Morton Goldsholl, and Jack Waldheim. This catalog is Mary Henry's personal copy, and her inscription on the rear cover reads "While I was a student at the Institute of Design I taught one semester at the Abraham Lincoln School - no salary involved! This is my only copy. M.H." Date of leaflet is unknown, date range indicated is inferred from Mary Henry's dates of attendance at the Institute of Design.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Student protest at Illinois Institute of Technology, 1970
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1970
Description: Photograph of Illinois Institute of Technology faculty and students attending an open meeting with President John T. Rettaliata regarding...
Show morePhotograph of Illinois Institute of Technology faculty and students attending an open meeting with President John T. Rettaliata regarding student protests that occurred on IIT's campus following the fatal shooting of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970.
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Collection: John T. Rettaliata student protest photographs, 1970

Title: Student protest at Illinois Institute of Technology, 1970
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1970
Description: Photograph of student protests outside of Perlstein Hall on Illinois Institute of Technology's campus following the fatal shooting of four...
Show morePhotograph of student protests outside of Perlstein Hall on Illinois Institute of Technology's campus following the fatal shooting of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970.
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Collection: John T. Rettaliata student protest photographs, 1970

Title: Student protest at Illinois Institute of Technology, 1970
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1970
Description: Photograph of student protests outside of Perlstein Hall on Illinois Institute of Technology's campus following the fatal shooting of four...
Show morePhotograph of student protests outside of Perlstein Hall on Illinois Institute of Technology's campus following the fatal shooting of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970.
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Collection: John T. Rettaliata student protest photographs, 1970

Title: Student protest at Illinois Institute of Technology, 1970
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1970
Description: Photograph of student protesters gathered outside of President John T. Rettaliata's office in Perlstein Hall on Illinois Institute of...
Show morePhotograph of student protesters gathered outside of President John T. Rettaliata's office in Perlstein Hall on Illinois Institute of Technology's campus. Student protests took place following the fatal shooting of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970.
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Collection: John T. Rettaliata student protest photographs, 1970

Title: Student protest at Illinois Institute of Technology, 1970
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1970
Description: Photograph of student protesters gathered outside of President John T. Rettaliata's office in Perlstein Hall on Illinois Institute of...
Show morePhotograph of student protesters gathered outside of President John T. Rettaliata's office in Perlstein Hall on Illinois Institute of Technology's campus. Student protests took place following the fatal shooting of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970.
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Collection: John T. Rettaliata student protest photographs, 1970

Title: School of Architecture and Planning Faculty Meeting, April 10 and 16, 1970
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology. College of Architecture
Date: 1970-04
Description: Digitized 7" open reel-to-reel tape recording of the Illinois Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning faculty meeting,...
Show moreDigitized 7" open reel-to-reel tape recording of the Illinois Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning faculty meeting, 1970. The meeting was opened with an unidentified person (possibly George Danforth, chairman of Architecture or Dr. Antonis Tritsis) reading the statement by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (as director of the Armour Institute of Technology department of architecture) published in the 1939-1940 AIT Bulletin (academic catalog) identifying the philosophy and content of the 5-year architecture course. The IIT architecture curriculum is discussed before meeting begins.
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Collection: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Memorial collection, 1969-1970

Title: Faculty Grill, Armour Mission, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, January 18, 1939
Date: 1939-01-18
Description: Photograph of the Faculty Grill in the Armour Mission after remodeling. This photograph is identified as number 286-1. Attached caption reads ...
Show morePhotograph of the Faculty Grill in the Armour Mission after remodeling. This photograph is identified as number 286-1. Attached caption reads "Faculty Grill - Armour Mission After Remodelling." Includes Commonwealth Edison Photo stamp on verso. Phoographer unknown, likely Commonwealth Edison Photo. Note that while the address on the recto is that of Main Building, other sources verify that the Faculty Grill renovated in 1939 was in the Armour Mission.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Mission auditorium, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
Description: Photograph of the Armour Mission auditorium (also/previously known as the assembly hall). The Armour Mission was also known as the Student...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Mission auditorium (also/previously known as the assembly hall). The Armour Mission was also known as the Student Union between 1938-1962. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. The fixed seating in the auditorium indicates the photograph was likely taken prior to the renovations of 1938, when the fixed seating on the floor was removed and this room became known as the Student Hall.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Egon Weiner art exhibit, Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1949
Creator: Joseph J. Lucas, Jr.
Date: 1949
Description: Photograph of an exhibit of sculptures from Chicago artist Egon Weiner inside and in front of the Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering...
Show morePhotograph of an exhibit of sculptures from Chicago artist Egon Weiner inside and in front of the Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering Building (now Perlstein Hall) on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The attached caption reads: "The sculpture of Egon Weiner, well-known Chicago artist, on display November 28 through December 10 (1949) in the first floor lobby of the Metallurgical and Chemical Engineering building. This is the first of a series of six art exhibits sponsored by the Institute during 1949-50." The caption is dated January 6, 1950, though the caption's text indicates that the show was on display through December 10, so it is likely that the photograph was taken in late November or December 1949, rather than the January 1950 date included with the caption.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Faculty Grill, Armour Mission, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1939
Creator: Kaufmann & Fabry Co.
Date: ca. 1939
Description: Photograph of the Faculty Grill in the Armour Mission after remodeling. This photograph is identified as number 286. Attached caption reads ...
Show morePhotograph of the Faculty Grill in the Armour Mission after remodeling. This photograph is identified as number 286. Attached caption reads "Faculty Grill - Armour Mission After Remodelling." Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Buckminster Fuller, 1948
Date: 1948
Description: Photomontage portrait of Buckminster Fuller, 1948. Fuller, then an instructor at Black Mountain College, spent the winter of 1948 teaching at...
Show morePhotomontage portrait of Buckminster Fuller, 1948. Fuller, then an instructor at Black Mountain College, spent the winter of 1948 teaching at the Institute of Design, when this portrait was likely produced. Photographer/creator unknown.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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