Nicoletta Sacchi (born August 20, 1949) is an Italian professor of oncology at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
[2][4][1] Sacchi worked on the generation of antibody repertoires by the TdT DNA polymerase in the lab of Georges Köhler at the Basel Institute for Immunology.
[4] Unsatisfied with research in Italy she spent time back in the US as a visiting professor at the Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University.
[2][3] Sacchi has previously criticised the culture of science in her home nation of Italy, describing the system as “fairly corrupt” and ignorant of the achievements of female scientists.
[3] In 2001 Sacchi was proclaimed a “Highly Cited Researcher in Biology and Biochemistry” by the Institute for Scientific Information in Philadelphia.